Kasbah Bliss - prominent in Triumph betting (Getty).
IT'S BLISS FOR FRENCH ACE
Kasbah Bliss leapt up the betting for next month's JCB Triumph Hurdle after making a winning British bow in the RPSport No.1 for Sports Betting Adonis Juvenile Hurdle at Sandown. Arnaud Duchene, stable jockey for Francois Doumen, brought the winner gradually into the race and got the better of a battle with favourite Blazing Bailey by a length and a half - the first two having had the race to themselves from the second-last. VC Bet and Bet365 initially offered 20-1 about the winner's chances for the Triumph but punters, remembering the 2000 victory of Snow Drop in the race, took immediate action and Kasbah Bliss is now a best-priced 16-1 chance with William Hill and Paddy Power. Stan James go 12-1. "I really was fearing the ground today but thanks to the wind it is a bit better than it could have been," said Doumen. "The horse hadn't run for a long time and I was questioning his fitness but he did it well. "This was very much his preparation for Cheltenham and although I cannot compare him to Snow Drop, they were both bred by my wife."
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