Long Walk next up for At Fishers Cross Rebecca Curtis is keeping the faith with At Fishers Cross after he finished well beaten in the Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury on Saturday. The six-year-old was an odds-on favourite to make a winning return to action having landed Grade One novice prizes at Cheltenham and Aintree in the spring, but did not jump with his usual fluency in the hands of Barry Geraghty. He was still in with a chance of victory when he made a bad mistake two flights from the finish and Geraghty sensibly allowed At Fishers Cross to come home in his own time, eventually coming home last of four finishers. Curtis expects her charge to improve considerably for the run and the Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot on December 21st is next on his agenda. Curtis said: "He's absolutely fine this morning and hopefully we'll have him right for Ascot at the end of the month. "It took him a couple of runs last season to really hit top form and I think it might be the same this year. "At the same time, I wouldn't say he was beaten when he made the mistake. Barry was quite confident he would have won. "He'll come on a lot for the run and we'll look forward to Ascot hopefully. It would be nice if the ground at Ascot was a bit softer than it was at Newbury. "We certainly haven't lost faith in him just yet."
