Runners and riders at three meetings today
BRAIN Power is set to put his Champion Hurdle credentials on the line in Saturday’s The New One Unibet Hurdle at Haydock.
After a relatively luckless spell over fences, the Nicky Henderson-trained eightyear-old returned to the smaller obstacles last time out and was an impressive winner of the International Hurdle.
Second that day was Silver Streak, who has also been entered and will be meeting Brain Power on better terms.
County Hurdle winner Mohaayed, Ben Pauling’s Global Citizen and the Colin Tizzard-trained Pingshou are also among the ten.
In the Peter Marsh Chase, 2017 Grand National winner One For Arthur appears among 22 entries.
He unseated Tom Scudamore on his comeback at Aintree, and Lucinda Russell will be hoping the ground does not get too quick.
Henderson may again run Valtor, who would carry top weight off 160 after he turned an Ascot handicap into a procession on his British debut – for which he has been put up from 148.
David Pipe has three in the mix. Daklondike won Haydock’s Tommy Whittle last time out; Vieux Lion Rouge was successful in the Grand National Trial at this track in 2017, and Ramses De Teillee was runner-up in the Welsh National.
The Sky Bet Supreme Trial has attracted 14 entries.