{"id":215864,"date":"2023-10-26T15:07:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T15:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=215864"},"modified":"2023-10-26T15:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T15:07:03","slug":"paul-nicholls-snaps-up-potential-star-horse-who-looked-almost-too-good-on-astonishing-debut-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/paul-nicholls-snaps-up-potential-star-horse-who-looked-almost-too-good-on-astonishing-debut-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Nicholls snaps up potential star horse who 'looked almost too good' on astonishing debut | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

PAUL NICHOLLS will be the lucky trainer of a potential superstar horse who smashed rivals by 41 lengths on debut.<\/p>\n

No one else could live with the hugely promising Teeshan when he raced in a point to point in Ireland.<\/p>\n

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Only three of 11 horses even finished the four-year-old maiden race, such were the gruelling conditions and incredible pace set by Teeshan.<\/p>\n

He finished the 3m race a whopping 16 seconds faster than anything else on the card and video of his performance was shared widely online.<\/p>\n

Teeshan was a \u00a360,000 Goffs Land Rover sale purchase and his sire is multiple Group 1-winner Westerner.<\/p>\n

That means he is a relative of Cheltenham Festival winner Ferny Hollow and Grade 1 winners Total Recall, Skyace and Champagne West.<\/p>\n

And he is out of five-time winning mare Miss Pepperpot.<\/p>\n

Gerald Quinn was trainer of Teeshan when he won at Loughanmore last weekend but the horse will now be with 14-time champion trainer Nicholls at his Ditcheat base.<\/p>\n

Punters who watched the race back were struck by how good a jumper Teeshan was and his speed at the end.<\/p>\n

One said: "Such a great jumper of a fence, looks an absolute picture, ears pricked and pulled away after the last looking like he could go round again, looks a top prospect for the future."<\/p>\n

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While another wrote: "Looks mighty impressive. Almost too good."<\/p>\n

And another purred: "This is a SERIOUS horse."<\/p>\n

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