Williams to keep Silver Streak under wraps

Trainer Evan Williams has set his sights on the 2021 Cheltenham Festival after Silver Streak’s fine run at Kempton on Boxing Day.

The seven-year-old earned his first top-level victory on Boxing Day as he finished six-and-a-half-lengths ahead of heavy favourite Epatante in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton.

Silver Streak’s success came after a change in tactics from Williams and jockey Adam Wedge, choosing to hit the front early after coming out of the stalls.

Williams said: “We talked and talked, and kept going through the race.

“The epitome of a fool is someone who keeps doing the same thing and expects a different result.”

Williams’ charge has subsequently been talked up as a serious contender to strike at next year’s Cheltenham Festival and the trainer has revealed they will wrap him up until the spring.

He added: “It will be straight to the Champion Hurdle now, and we’ll hope for a dry spring – because he is a different horse on that ground.”

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