SCU’S ROUGE AWAKENING

New Aintree fave

JASON HEAVEY back to Aintree with experience over the fences and he proved today he doesn’t need soft ground.”

Scudamore said: “He was foot perfect in the Becher and was foot perfect today.

“He wasn’t the greatest jumper before he ran in the National last year. We can head to Aintree now with confidence and a few pounds up our sleeves.”

Cue Card produced a great round of jumping under rider Paddy Brennan to win the Grade One Ascot Chase.

He will now head for another crack at the Cheltenham Gold Cup next month.

Brennan said: “He’s changed my life over the last couple of years.” Trainer Graeme McPherson is having a cracking season and the Stow-on-the-Wold handler can add another winner to his list when HOLLY BUSH HENRY takes in the 3.30 at Market Rasen.

The six-year-old is yet to make his mark in two chases but showed he was getting the hang of things with a fair second to the classy Frodon last time out at Musselburgh.

The ground on that occasion was a shade fast for the nap selection and this deeper surface should see the son of Yeats get off the mark at the third time of asking.

ASUNCION should make the most of the 12lb he receives from Little Jimmy in the 4.00, while QUEEN ODESSA can kick-start the card in style at 2.00 for trainer Harry Fry and jockey Noel Fehily (above).

The feature event of the day is the Boyne Hurdle at Navan at 3.10 and SUPASUNDAE is fancied by the Jessica Harrington yard to reverse recent form with Sutton Place.

IDENTITY THIEF can get his novice chase career back on track by landing the Flyingbolt