Pauling Wants Handstands To Blossom In Fleur De Lys

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Ben Pauling is looking to Handstands to prove his quality when he heads to Windsor for the Fitzdares Fleur de Lys Chase on Sunday.


The Grade One-winning amateur chaser started the campaign with Cheltenham Gold Cup aspirations however has up until now stopped working to repeat the top-class display screens he produced last term, leaving his handler browsing for an efficiency that serves a timely pointer of his .


"He appears in good kind with himself, looks a picture and has actually had a wind op so I would like to think he will run a good race in the Fleur de Lys," said Pauling.


"Being practical, he has to go and show himself still this season. His novice kind was as excellent as anyone's however, and yes he hasn't shown up at a couple of the spring festivals, however there have been authentic reasons.


"He has actually beaten Jango Baie a couple of times (in the Sidney Banks and the Scilly Isles) and he's obviously an Arkle winner who has advance once again this season and we were running a beautiful race in the Betfair (Chase at Haydock) before he carried left in the home directly."


Handstands has entries for both the Ryanair Chase and Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival, with Pauling currently holding a strong hand in the blue riband with his King George VI Chase hero The Jukebox Man.


Handstands is poised for Windsor on Sunday (David Davies/PA)


With that in mind he wants to put Handstands on merit, with a myriad of contests possible in the spring.


Pauling added: "He's a beautiful horse and we want keep our alternatives open and I won't simply line him up in a Gold Cup for the hell of it. But if he plays himself into the formula and ends up being a live outsider or something, then that's excellent.


"He has a Ryanair entry and he'll likewise have a National entry and he's just a very good horse with a huge engine and when he is right he is extremely great, so ideally he'll be quickly right on track."