I'll'ava'alf
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I'll'ava'alf overcame an interrupted build-up to lead home a New Zealand trifecta in the Crisp Steeplechase.
The former Karen Fursdon-trained jumper beat Shelley Houston's Lucky Tonight and Zed Em, who has transferred from Kevin Myers' stable to Patrick Payne, in Sunday's feature at Sandown.
"He got dumped at Casterton. He ran through a running rail, flipped over a wing and he got a few lacerations to his leg and I thought that might be enough for him," I'll'ava'alf's trainer Patrick Ryan said.
"I just poked around with him off the pony at the beach and he's hardly been ridden since."
Ryan said I'll'ava'alf was likely to back up into the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat on August 21.
The former Karen Fursdon-trained jumper beat Shelley Houston's Lucky Tonight and Zed Em, who has transferred from Kevin Myers' stable to Patrick Payne, in Sunday's feature at Sandown.
"He got dumped at Casterton. He ran through a running rail, flipped over a wing and he got a few lacerations to his leg and I thought that might be enough for him," I'll'ava'alf's trainer Patrick Ryan said.
"I just poked around with him off the pony at the beach and he's hardly been ridden since."
Ryan said I'll'ava'alf was likely to back up into the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat on August 21.