Corner is all up for the Cup at Uttoxeter

Lock’s Corner can take Listed honours in Uttoxeter’s bet365 Summer Cup tomorrow.

One of better events in the summer jumps campaign, this three-mile-two-furlong heat represents a huge leap up in trip for Jonjo O’Neill’s charge having last competed over two miles and a furlong at Stratford last month.

He won comfortably enough in what was a decent, if slightly trappy affair, marking his first start since a disappointing effort in an ultra-competitive heat at Leopardstown over Christmas, when he was sent off favourite but cut little ice before being pulled up.

Lock’s Corner had previously triumphed three times over an extended two and a half miles, as well as showing up well over three miles in a handicap hurdle at Cheltenham, so Uttoxeter’s increased trip is likely not beyond him.

Good ground should also suit and Lock’s Corner’s current mark of 144 may not yet be beyond him.

The Dan and Harry Skelton team can go home smiling with both Starsky and Ambassador taken to hit the mark. Starsky contests the bet365 Handicap Hurdle after making a successful debut for the Skeltons at Warwick last month. Initially trained by Paul Nicholls, the seven-yearold had a short spell point to pointing at the backend of last year before joining Stuart Kittow, for whom he had just one unplaced outing.

Transferred to the care of Skelton subsequently, Starsky impressed in his Warwick win in what was an average amateur riders’ handicap hurdle, and looks the type this team excels with.

Ambassador has been in the first two in each of his last four starts and can be relied upon to put in another prominent showing in the bet365 Novices’ Hurdle.

Having won at Hereford in March, he has finished second three times since, just being edged out by a head on the most recent occasion.

Jumps action is also on offer at Cartmel, where Francky Du Berlais can bring up his hat trick in the Oakmere Homes Handicap Chase.

A comfortable winner of a decent event at Haydock in May, Peter Bowen’s charge defied a 5lb rise to follow up in another competitive event at Uttoxeter, getting up in the final strides to snatch victory by a nose from Pistol

Whipped. The handicapper has hiked him another 5lb for that victory, but the eight-year-old could still have something left to give.

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