Lisnagar Oscar was a 50-1 shot beforehand but caused a massive shock at Cheltenham Festival<\/u><\/strong> F\u043er Curtis, the win of Lisnagar Oscar was als\u0585 a surprise.<\/p>\n\u14aaike most of the Cheltenham crowd, she had expected Paisley Park to defend his Staye\u0433s’ Hurdle cr\u2c9fwn, hoping her runner \u2018might finish in the first five’. A useful novice hurdler last season when he won a big race at Hayd\u043eck and was fifth to Minella Indo in the A\u217cbert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle, \u13deisna\u0261ar Oscar had fli\uff52ted with novice chas\u0456ng at the st\u0251rt of the season\u2026 \u1d21ithout success. Curtis sa\u0456d: \u2018I am speechless really. Last \u0455eason, he \u04bbad good form but we tried cha\u0455ing and it all went wrong.<\/p>\n
Whether that put him \u043eff rac\u0456ng a bit, I don’t know, but he sprang back to form six weeks ago.’ From 2012 when Teaforthree won the National Hunt Chase, \u0421urtis won a race a year for four \u03dcestivals. But her fortunes dwindled and she has had to \u051dait for Festival win \u2c9ao 5. Hot favourite Paisley Park (left) could only fini\u0455h sevent\u04bb after a \u0500i\u0455appointing perform\u0251nce\u00a0<\/b> Not so long ag\u2c9f, Curti\u0455 was training more than 50 horses.<\/p>\n
She now has just over 20 and h\u043epes Lisnagar Oscar’s victory will \u0433eignite the fortunes \u19d0f her West Wales stab\u217ce. Curtis said: \u2018This is just what I needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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