I was waiting for someone to say even though he hasn’t run much he’s still be in training since September. There is no way CH would have been given hard work for much of that time when he had very few targets during that period.
Many of those horses rocking up at Punchestown will have been in training since September and before that.
Did the horse look knackered at Kempton and in desperate need of a break? They should find out now if he is Group 3 class while he is race fit. He’s only run for just over 5 minutes since the Fighting Fifth!