KANE'S SET TO SCORE

Published date12 April 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
This mudlark looked to be crying out for a step up in trip when staying on very strongly up the stiff Esher hill, and a pair of first-time cheekpieces can only aid his cause

The bottom weight has only 10st 11lb on his back and he knows where the winning post is located, as victories at Newbury and Carlisle earlier this season prove.

With the magical eight runners turning up in the TrustATrader - still waiting for my plumber to turn up - Top Novices' Hurdle run over two miles, the shrewd move looks to be to back MISTERGIF (2.55) each-way at around 10-1.

Willie Mullins' beast was not given the best of rides by Daryl Jacob at Cheltenham when fifth in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle over today's trip a month ago and I'm expecting a much better showing with Paul Townend riding the ex-French cheval for the first time.

On his initial run for Mullins the horse hurdled like Colin Jackson when making all to bolt up by 18 wickets at Limerick in late January in testing conditions.

I'm sure more forcing tactics will be employed on the five-year-old who is held in high regard at Closutton.

By contrast, the wretched seven runners rock up in the My Pension - mine is worth a rubber soap - Melling

Chase run over two and a half miles, but ENVOI ALLEN (3.30) can thankfully be backed each-way with several firms kindly offering 5-1 three places your pleasure.

Henry de Bromhead's game steed was returning from a 124-day break when second in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham in March, where he didn't enjoy the ideal preparation.

A winner of 15 of his 25 races, this ten-year-old is a very consistent animal and Rachael Blackmore gets a wonderful tune out of him.

Brendan Powell will have to give up the Cornish pasties if...

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