i'm a believer lewis that if they are in the right company and get over the channel then it's a major bonus,the bird i'm sending's sire was my doo i got in reims in 2010 he's a 2yr old first timer and he's been raced out to wakefield this year,he was going to newbury but the weather and the birds body weight with being on roundabout all season put me off sending(gladly)thinking of sending him with another fed tommorrow to a shorter distance for his final prep race but not set in stone,would be interesting to find out the furthest other fanciers have sent their birds before going to the gold cup race or any channel race for that matter