Tizzard happy after Cue Card's success Colin Tizzard believes Cue Card could be effective over a range of trips after making a highly-promising successful debut over fences at Chepstow yesterday. The 2010 Cheltenham Festival Champion Bumper winner and smart hurdler made virtually all the running to defeat Micheal Flips and Silviniaco Conti in impressive fashion over two miles three and a half furlongs. "I'm not going to pretend I was surprised because he's a beautiful horse and it went as planned. It was lovely," said Tizzard. "The first six fences he was good then Joe (Tizzard) tried to organise him. When you are teaching a horse to jump you need to get them in deep a few times, so that they know what they are doing. "Later in the season when they are up against the bigger, faster horses and are flat out and you get in deep it won't be the first time he's done it. "There's a learning curve. It was lovely to see him be good when he got in deep. Deep or long he was very good. "He's absolutely fine today. It was one of his easiest races. He had a lot of tough races last year. "He was in all those big races, so it was nice to have one where he thoroughly enjoyed himself. "And he beat some highly-rated horses yesterday. It was a lovely performance. "I haven't even had a look where he goes next. He might go again in about three weeks' time somewhere as long as the ground is OK." Cue Card earned quotes of around 12-1 for the Arkle Trophy at Cheltenham in March. Tizzard feels it is too early to pinpoint the five-year-old's Festival target at this stage but he does believe his stable star will stay three miles sometime in the future. "All these good horse are pretty effective at every trip. He doesn't run out of steam," he went on. "Even last season when he got beat he was just beaten by faster horses. "Most champion bumper horses end up as three milers, but there is no point going up in trip yet. "The Arkle is a fast race, but it's a long way off."
