Join

Fontwell could be favoured next for Potters Charm

By Racing TV

Last Updated: Mon 26 Jan 2026

A trip to Fontwell for the Star Sports National Spirit Hurdle appears the preferred next move for Potters Charm after plundering a valuable prize at Windsor recently.

Kept to the smaller obstacles to be campaigned as a Stayers’ Hurdle candidate this term, Nigel and Willy Twiston-Davies’ seven-year-old finished fourth in the Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot just before Christmas but thrived back down at an intermediate distance during the Winter Million weekend.

Connections are now considering remaining at the two-and-a-half-mile trip, where Potters Charm could forego his entry at the Cheltenham Festival in favour of Fontwell on February 22 and then Aintree in the spring.

Willy Twiston-Davies said: “He’s come out of Windsor really well, a lot of his owners have been on holiday so we’ve not made any decisions just yet, but at the moment we would be thinking to go to the National Spirit and then to Aintree.

“I thought he showed a lot of pace at Windsor, they went slow and then sprinted and he put them to bed pretty nicely.

“He won a Grade One over two miles as a novice and I think we’ll be sticking at two and a half miles rather than going three miles again. In hindsight you watch the Long Walk and he travelled like the winner until the home straight, but just didn’t quite see the trip out.

“We’ll keep the entry there for the Stayers’ Hurdle and look at Cheltenham, but at the moment I think Fontwell and then Aintree looks the obvious thing to do.”

Forest fired up for Plate raid

We'll Come 'explodes' in Mile

Megan Nicholls quitting the saddle to concentrate on media work

Putra gives weight away

Ghan team consider autumn options

Todays top offer

Get 1,000,000 Free Spins on J Cole

T&Cs Apply

18+ New customers only. Bet £10+ on pre-match accas with 4+ legs, min odds 3/1 (4.0) within 14 days of sign-up. Get 4x £5 Horse Racing Free Bets and 50 Free Spins, valid for 7 days on selected bets and games only. Restrictions and T&Cs apply. BeGambleAware.org

Claim Now

Featured offers

Bet £10 get £40 in Free Bets

T&Cs Apply

Claim Now

Testing JC

T&Cs Apply

Claim Now

Bet £10 Get £20 in free bets + £10 Casino + money back if 2nd to SP fav EXTERNAL LINK ANCHORAnother LINK

Bet £20 Get £40 in free bets with BetVictor

T&Cs Apply

Claim Now

18+ New Customers only. Opt in, bet £20 on Horse Racing, 1/1+ odds in 7 days, no cash out. Get £40 in Free Bets on set markets valid 7 days. Debit Card / Apple Pay payments only. T&Cs apply. See below. begambleaware.org | Please Gamble Responsibly.

Bet £10 get £40 in Free Bets with Midnite

T&Cs Apply

Claim Now

This is a test description for a Midnite offer etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

Bet £10 & Get £30 in free bets

T&Cs Apply

Claim Now

New Customers only. Bet £10 & Get £30 in Free Bets. Sign up, deposit between £5 and £10 to your account and bet365 will give you three times that value in Free Bets when you place qualifying bets to the same value and they are settled. Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits. Min odds/bet and payment method exclusions apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. T&Cs, time limits & exclusions apply. 18+ Bet Responsibly. BeGambleAware.org.

Please bet responsibly

My Account

Home

Watch

Live

Replays

On Demand

Catch Up

Tv Schedule

RTV Play Schedule

Racecards

Today's Runners

Non-Runners

Tommorow's Runners

Racing Calendar

Results

Tips

Racing TV Tipsters

Nap Of The Day

News

All

Latest

Highlights

Columnists