Saturday’s Coral Gold Cup Handicap Chase has attracted 27 horses at the five-day confirmation stage, with Myretown Paddy Power and Sky Bet's early favourite.
The training team of Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore have been aiming their Ultima Handicap Chase winner at this weekend all autumn and he tops the betting at 5/1 ahead of his first run of the campaign.
Second in the bookmakers' list at 6/1 is the Olly Murphy-trained Resplendent Grey, winner of last year's bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown and the Colin Parker Memorial Chase at Carlisle on his recent seasonal debut.
In-form trainer Joe Tizzard has recent Ascot runner-up The Changing Man (7/1) among the market principals, while Nicky Henderson’s grey Hyland has been well backed in recent days and is into 10/1 following his public gallop under James Bowen at Newbury last week.
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Katate Dori (Sam Thomas), Inch House (Paul Nicholls), The Doyen Chief and Grandeur d'Ame (both Alan King) are others expected to take their chance in the three-mile, two-furlong contest, while Dan Skelton could run Riskintheground and Paddy Power Gold Cup-winning mare Panic Attack.
Meanwhile, there is a strong Irish contingent likely to be represented, with Henry De Bromhead leaving in Monty’s Star, who will top the weights if standing his ground at Thursday morning’s final declaration stage.
He could be joined by stablemate Gorgeous Tom, Tom Gibney has entered Intense Raffles, Gordon Elliott has Three Card Brag, Gavin Cromwell runs Perceval Legallois, while Willie Mullins has confirmed Spanish Harlem, Blizzard Of Oz, O’Moore Park and A Penny A Hundred.
The going at Newbury on Monday morning was described as 'Good to Soft, Good in places' on the chase course, with selective watering "on the Good areas" taking place.
List of confirmations
- Monty's Star
- Intense Raffles
- Three Card Brag
- Spanish Harlem
- Ga Law
- Perceval Legallois
- Blizzard Of Oz
- Resplendent Grey
- Gorgeous Tom
- Lowry's Bar
- Victtorino
- Hyland
- Annual Invictus
- The Changing Man
- Cruz Control
- Riskintheground
- Myretown
- O'Moore Park
- Katate Dori
- The Doyen Chief
- Grandeur D'Ame
- Moon D'Orange
- Panic Attack
- Pic Roc
- Inch House
- A Penny A Hundred
- Ask Brewster
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