Global Citizen, with Kielan Woods up, jumps the last on their way to winning the Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase in 2022. Photo: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Woods hoping for hat trick of Grand Annual successes

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Athlone jockey Kielan Woods will be at the starting line for the Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase at 4.40pm in Cheltenham today (Wednesday), hoping for a sensational third win in the race.

Woods is on board Ben Pauling’s Personal Ambition in the two-mile chase today, having already won the race on two occasions.

Woods rode 28/1 outsider Global Citizen to victory in 2022, having partnered Croco Bay into the winner’s enclosure in the same race in 2019.

Personal Ambition is currently quoted at around 22/1 in the 20-horse field.

Woods also has two strong contenders at Thursday’s Festival meeting.

At 2pm, he will ride Sixmilebridge in the Jack Richards Novices' Limited Handicap Chase. The Grade 1-winner is quoted at 9/1.

Later, he rides Dan Skelton’s Ace of Spaces in the Pertemps Hurdle at 4.40pm, with the seven-year-old now fourth favourite.

Tadhg Carey
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