NOTCH GOES FOR TREBLE TOP FINISH
TOP NOTCH can prove a cut above in his bid for a third Fitzdares Club Loves The Peterborough Chase ( 1.50) at Cheltenham today.
The Grade 2 test is salvaged after Sunday’s Huntingdon card was claimed by the weather – just as when it was re- routed to Taunton three years ago.
Nicky Henderson’s nineyear- old won that day, and his victory at Huntingdon 12 months ago was a fourth from four attempts at this level over fences.
Below par in the Grade 2 Silviniaco Conti Chase at Ke Kempton January, last Daryl Jacob’s ( left) mount can fire on his return.
Making all to sc score at Cheltenham’s November fixture, STORM CONTROL should give another good account in the Unibet Handicap Chase ( 2.25).
A first attempt at three and a quarter miles triggered a personal best for Kerry Lee’s seven- year- old, and an additional furlong here will not pose a problem.
The Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase ( 3.00) looks open, but STEP BACK is thriving and is an interesting candidate for the banks and hedges.
Like Step Back, ARIAN has to concede the weight in the CF Roberts Electrical & Mechanical Services Mares’ Handicap Chase ( 1.15), but Philip Hobbs’ daughter of King’s Theatre can prove up to the job.
The concluding Citipost Handicap Hurdle ( 3.35) can go to COME ON TEDDY, who ran better than his
26- length fourth last month at Uttoxeter suggests.
LONGEST TRAVELLER
By road, Capheaton, Northumberland- based Pauline Robson sends MARTILA ( 1.15) on a 277- mile trip to Cheltenham.