Cheltenham Competition: Energy ideas up ‘unknown’ Teahupoo to shock Honeysuckle

ROBBIE POWER believes the ‘unknown’ issue provides Teahupoo an opportunity towards Honeysuckle on the Cheltenham Competition.

The Irish jockey will tackle Rachel Blackmore’s unbeaten celebrity within the Champion Hurdle subsequent month.

It comes after his horses odds had been slashed from 20-1 to 8-1 for day one Competition race over the weekend.

He beat six rivals, together with final 12 months’s Triumph Hurdle winner Quilixios, within the Purple Mills Trial Hurdle at Gowran Park on Saturday.

Teahupoo now travels to Cheltenham to tackle 2/9 favorite Honeysuckle and Co.

Energy informed the Racing Publish: “He’s positively a Champion Hurdle contender now and deserves to take his probability.

“It’s going to be troublesome to offer 7lb to Honeysuckle as she appears distinctive.

“The factor about Teahupoo is that we nonetheless don’t understand how good he may very well be.

“He goes into the race because the unknown amount. He’s a really skilled horse and does every thing the correct approach.

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He added: “He’s relaxed and would in all probability keep additional than two miles if you happen to requested him to.

“He’s extremely laid again and you’ll by no means understand how good he’s from his homework.

“He simply does what he’s requested to do and that’s it. It’s at all times been very onerous to get a learn on him from his homework.”