BIEFFES LOOKS TASTY

NEWSBOY’S 1-2-3 1 DIESE DES BIEFFES 2 FLAWLESS ESCAPE 3 BRILLARE MOMENTO

DIESE DES BIEFFES, lightly raced, improving and the mount of rising star James Bowen makes the most appeal.

Successful in novice hurdles at Fontwell and Taunton on his first two starts for Nicky Henderson, the grey chased home the useful If The Cap Fits at Kempton on Boxing Day. Stepped up to two miles and five furlongs for the Lanzarote Hurdle at the Sunbury course in January, Diese Des Bieffes returned fifth to stablemate William Henry.

In being beaten three and three-quarter lengths, the Seven Barrows runner showed that a stiffer test of stamina would be to his advantage.

A 2lb rise in the handicap should prove within range, so it’s little surprise that Bowen (above) – talked of as a champion jockey of the future – has selected Diese Des Bieffes from Henderson’s trio of runners.

The shortlist is predictably nothing of the kind, with stable companions Flawless Escape Sire

and Du Berlais likely to be on the premises, and courseand-distance scorer Brillare Momento

another to throw into the melting pot.