Delay at Cork due to high winds

Alexei will start his campaign in the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle en route to another tilt at the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Racing at Cork today was abandoned after the fourth race, due to high winds at the course.

Pierre Charles Boudot has picked up the ride on Thundering On in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after Dylan Browne McMonagle failed to pass the doctors in time to return to the saddle for the ParisLongchamp spectacular.