• Horse nominated was second at 2015 Grand National meeting
• Leading owner Andy Stewart behind boost for Olympic cyclistVictoria Pendleton received a meaningful boost on Monday in her attempt to ride at the Cheltenham Festival in March when it was revealed that the leading jumps owner Andy Stewart has made Pacha Du Polder,runner-up in the 2015 Aintree Fox Hunters’ Chase, available to her.The nine-year ancient gelding, and trained by Chloe Roddick in Somerset,will provide Pendleton with invaluable additional race-riding experience in the point-to-point field over the coming weeks and is already qualified for the St James’ site Foxhunter Chase at the jumps season’s traditional highlight.
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Source: theguardian.com