DREAM ON FOR DARE

NEWSBOY’S 1-2-3 1 WHO DARES WINS 2 LOUIS’ VAC POUCH 3 BOITE

WHO DARES WINS, a useful dual-purpose performer, can add a Festival triumph to his CV.

Last year, the Alan Kingtrained son of Jeremy ran an excellent race in third to subsequent Grade 1 winner Supasundae in the Coral Cup.

That performance came from a handicap mark of 146, and the six-year-old is 3lb higher off 149 here.

Who Dares Wins will therefore need to improve – but that’s exactly what he did on the Flat in 2017, making the frame in the Chester Cup (fourth to Montaly) and Ascot Stakes (third to Thomas Hobson) before landing Newmarket’s Cesarewitch Trial from stablemate Coeur De Lion in September.

My selection made his jumps return at Kempton in November, and confirmed his ability with a third to the progressive Bags Groove.

A stayer on the Flat, Wayne Hutchinson’s mount should come into his own over three miles round Cheltenham, and a big run is on the cards.

Dangers lurk at every

Louis’ Vac turn, with Pouch, Sort It Out, Thomas Campbell Boite

and just four horses who are capable of having a say.