The chaser has already triumphed on bottomless going at Ffos Las and Fakenham this season and will relish the heavy going
Four races from the jumps card at Newcastle will be added to ITV Racing’s coverage on Saturday after the afternoon’s only “Premier” meeting at Sandown – featuring the £100,000 Veterans Chase Series Final – succumbed to waterlogging, while the card at Wincanton is subject to an inspection at 8am.
Officials at the west country track remain optimistic that racing will proceed as planned, but the course is only 10 miles from Paul Nicholls’s yard at Ditcheat, which received what the champion trainer described as “once-in-15-years” rainfall on Thursday night.