P663 CEEFAX 2 663 Fri 07 Feb 21:12/21 O OLD'S CHAMPION WARNING 1/4 Trainer Jim Old welcomed Champion Hurdle Trial winnjt Collier Bay into the winnjt's enclosure at Towceutet and immediately issued a Cheltenham warning Hi is worried about the possibility of fast going at next month's meeting. "We will not be going to the Festival if the ground is firm, they must do something about it," he insisted. F "If the conditions are the same in March as they are now, running a hotsj there will be like Genital Haig sending them over the top in World War One!" ANTE-POST ODDS 692 GREYHOUNDS 693-9% Sport Headliner 301 Racing Index 660 Dato Star Collier 1 Towc Rjvw TowcestetP663 CEEFAX 2 663 Fri 07 Feb 21:12/10 O OLD DELIGHT AT B—Y RETURN 2/4 Trainjt Jim Old was delighted to finally get Champion Hurdler Collier Bay back on the track at Towcestet after spending a frustrating winter worrying about the state of the ground. "The old boy has been bored out of his mind and I'm just pleased that I was able to do enough with him to win this. "Mentally, it will have done him the world of good," t(e handler revealed. "I am not worried about him in the build up to Cheltenham but I'm not sure how mz njtveu will hold up until then." F NAME FILLY & WEN A SHARE FOR '97 669 Sport Headlines 301 Racing Index 660 Dato Star Collier 1 Towc Rjvw TowcestetP663 CEEFAX 2 663 Fri 07 Feb 21:11/14 U JUYUSH MISSES TRIAL 3/4 ((j Jim Old-trained Juyush was forced to miss the Sporting Life Champion Hurdle Trial at Towcestet on Friday. The unbeaten novice bruised a foot and was taken out of the race which saw stable-companion Collier Bay gain a hard-eought }L victory ovjt Relkjel. Old said: "Juyush was not able to run. Hi has got a vjty slightly bruised foot "We have taken his shoe off and applied a poultice and I am praying he will be eit for the Village Novices' Hurdle race at Sandown on Thursday." F ANTE-POST ODDS 692 GREYHOUNDS 693-94 Sport Headlines 301 Racing Index 660 Dato Star Collier 1 Towc Rjvw TowcesteuP663 CEEFAX 2 663 Fri 07 Feb 21:12/41 U W NICHOLSON BLASTS CHELTJNHAM 4/4 David Nicholson, whilst happy with the performance of Relkjel and Escartefigue at Towceutet, decided to use the post- race interview to blast Chjltenham. "If they don't present propjt ground then wi don't run - it's that simple! "They need to provide genuine jumping ground and the ball is in their court now. On the present ground we are doing too much damage to horses," he fumed. "However I am chuffed to bits with Relkjel. He came to win his race and just did not quite get home." NAME FILLY & WIN A SHAKE FOR '97 669 Sport Headlines 301 Racing Index 660 Dato Star Collier 1 Towc Rjvw Towcestet