TIMING LOOKS JUST RIGHT FOR ANNUAL PUSH

annual invictus (3.25) could prove unconquerable in the restaged Betting.bet Sussex Champion Chase at Plumpton tomorrow.

Three miles around Ascot on soft ground stretched his stamina on his last run (ignoring the void race), while his two previous efforts before that also came on soft ground.

He has won with ease in the ground but it increasingly looks like 2m4f on a sound surface is ideal over fences.

The last time he had those conditions was here in November, when he ran out an eight-length winner of a weak race. That came on the back of a course record success at Cheltenham, again over two and a half on good ground.

With the ideal setup awaiting him, he can get back to winning ways.

Agartha (4.05) appears to have been found a good opportunity in the Cornelscourt Stakes at Leopardstown.

She does have a penalty for her Group Two win at the Curragh last year but is still favoured by the weights in this Group Three.

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She just failed to give the penalty to one of Dermot Weld’s last time but that was a massively improved performance from the winner and it will have teed the selection up nicely for tomorrow.

Leylak (3.40) looks to have been well placed in the Cameron Hitchins

Memorial Novices’ Hurdle at Ludlow.

Dan Skelton’s ( right) five-year- old has yet to get on the scoresheet but ran his best race on his handicap debut when a close-up third at Ascot last month.

That effort, off a mark of 116, is some way clear of anything else on offer here and puts him in with a massive chance.

Zim Baby (5.18) can land a second win of the campaign in the Sky Bet Series Sprint Handicap at Hamilton.

A winner over a furlong further at Windsor this month, she ran an excellent race last time when fourth in a Listed race at Bath.