Moore considering options for Goshen Goshen has a range of options following what Gary Moore described as a “massively disappointing” run at the Cheltenham Festival. So unlucky in last year’s Triumph Hurdle, the five-year-old bounced back to his brilliant best in the Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton and was expected to make his presence felt in the Champion Hurdle on the opening day at Prestbury Park. But he never really looked happy, hanging to his right throughout, and finished well down the field. Moore said: “Goshen is definitely not done for the season yet. He might go to Sandown for the Grade Two there (bet365 Select Hurdle, over two miles and five furlongs) or he could go to Punchestown. They are both possibilities. “He won’t go to Ayr for the Scottish Champion Hurdle as it is the wrong way round and he seems to have an aversion to going left-handed. “The Sandown race is definitely an option. He does it well every time he goes right-handed, but going left-handed he has a bit of a think about it.” Reflecting on the Champion Hurdle run, Moore added: “I wasn’t happy with him when I went to saddle him. He never sweats up before a race and he was warm. When he went down to the paddock he put the brakes on and that is not him. “There was nothing wrong at all with him after the race — he was just massively disappointing.”
