Sleepy can show he's wide awake in the Fifth

Published date24 November 2021
Publication titleWeekender
Fighting Fifth Hurdle 3.15, 2m Grade 1 hurdle NOT SO SLEEPY didn't make it past the first obstacle in last year's renewal but I can see him gaining redemption this time around.

He wasn't far behind Epatante in the Champion Hurdle and looked as good as ever when returning from a break on the Flat at Doncaster recently, finishing second in a 1m6f handicap that wasn't run to suit.

That will have blown away any cobwebs and he is the only obvious pace angle in the field.

Monmiral quickly rose through the ranks and a win at the expense of Adagio at Aintree in April suggests he was the best of the British juveniles.

He would be a big threat if allowed to take his chance, but his trainer Paul Nicholls has stressed he will need...

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