Exciting Son Of Yeats Scores On Hurdle Debut
Chantry House (Yeats) Wins His Hurdle Debut At Cheltenham

Exciting Son Of Yeats Scores On Hurdle Debut

Connections expect plenty of improvement from the highly-regarded Chantry House (5g Yeats - The Last Bank, by Phardante), after Nicky Henderson’s charge made a winning hurdle debut at Cheltenham on Friday.

Bought for £295,000 after winning his point-to-point a year ago, he gained his first win for JP McManus in a bumper in March and was sent off favourite on his return. Tracking the leader for much of the two mile and one furlong contest, he produced a challenge approaching the final flight and led on the run-in. Staying on well, he won by a length and three quarters under Barry Geraghty.

Speaking after the race, the winning trainer commented, “Chantry House is a very nice young horse who just needs the education. It was a bit of a messy race as they did no go much of a gallop and Barry has come back and said he was still a bit green. He is going to be very nice in time and hopefully he can do that again under a penalty and then we can take a view.”

Bred by Michael Conaghan of Evergreen Stud, Chantry House is a half-brother to two black-type performers, as well as useful chaser The Last Day (Oscar).