Zurich receives multiple Cheltenham Festival entries

Posted February 25, 2026

Our exciting chaser Zurich has been given three entries for next month’s Cheltenham Festival.

The Henry de Bromhead-trained seven year old, a winner at Cheltenham’s October meeting, was given a little break following his subsequent third at Doncaster in December, the form of which has worked out very well.

The plan since then has been to head straight to Cheltenham and a 3lbs rise for his latest effort at Doncaster should give him a strong chance of getting a run, particularly as he holds entries in the Plate (Tuesday), Grand Annual (Wednesday) and the novice handicap chase (Thursday). At this stage, the Plate looks the favoured target, but we’ll see how things develop in the next ten days or so.

He has been in fine form at home and his work/schooling has gone very well, so fingers crossed for a smooth fortnight ahead!

Nathaniel Barnett

Nathaniel Barnett has been a leading syndicate and racing club manager since 2008, with over 200 winners in that time, as well as an established, successful bloodstock agent. Nathaniel has a wealth of experience in the industry, having worked as a form advisor for Andrew Balding, as researcher for racing presenter Clare Balding and as assistant trainer to Tim Vaughan, prior to setting up as a bloodstock agent in 2013. He has bought the winners of over 400 races to date, including 2022 Coral Gold Cup (Hennessy) winner Le Milos. Nathaniel’s recent winners include successes in 2025 on Arc weekend at ParisLongchamp, on French Gold Cup day and in Listed company at Auteuil. As well as Pimlico Racing, Nathaniel also runs the Kingsclere Racing Club for the Balding family and is racing manager in France for Sangwin Bloodstock.