Appreciate It

Foaled in 2014, Appreciate it has spent his time with the Willie Mullins team in Ireland, and has won at the very highest level in racing on multiple occasions.

In the latter stages of his career, he would make his Grand National debut, though he was brought down at the 21^st fence and was unable to complete the course.

It is probably fair to say that the horse was better over hurdles than fences, and his early career record only adds to that belief. However, he’s still done very well over the bigger obstacles, and just running in some of the races he has, should be seen as an achievement.

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Appreciate It’s Big Race Wins

There’s no doubting that Appreciate It hit the ground running as a racehorse. He would instantly score at the top level in novice races over hurdles. First up he recorded back to back victories at Grade One level, both at Leopardstown.

Then he would come across to the Cheltenham Festival as a strong favourite for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and would demolish the field with a 24 length success in that race, to make him a three time Grade One winner.

His transition to chasing was delayed due to injury, and that left connections with no option but to keep him over hurdles. His return to the track was actually in the Champion Hurdle, a tough ask, where he would finish 7^th behind Honeysuckle.

Then he was able to go chasing the following season, and he would win at both Punchestown and Naas, while he also placed in the Grade One Irish Arkle that season. As he moved into open company over fences, he would struggle to mix it with the very best, which led to him targeting slightly lower grade races, and top handicaps, such as the Grand National.