More for Altior
ALTIOR (3.00) can extend his unbeaten sequence to 10 wins over fences in today’s Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown.
Nicky Henderson’s gelding will have no fears at the Esher track where he has won three-times.
Despite his illustrious career – three wins at the Cheltenham Festival – he is open to further improvement as he is just reaching his prime at the age of eight.
Saint Calvados showed that he is a progressive individual when he had the talented Footpad beaten, before that runner fell, at Naas last month.
But he will need to post a career-best to take this hot contest.
A more serious threat will be the Willie Mullins-trained Un De Sceaux, winner of this event in 2016.
I’M A GAME CHANGER (2.25, nap) can make it a successful switch from fences to hurdles for the in-form Philip Hobbs stable.