Paul Nicholls can land major Ayr prize before being confirmed as Britain’s jumps champion trainer next weekend
Paul Nicholls will be confirmed as Britain’s champion trainer over jumps for the 12th time at Sandown next weekend and he can secure another big prize with Soldier Of Love (3.35) in the Scottish Grand National at Ayr on Sunday.
Like Vincente, who gave Nicholls his first win in this race in 2016, the eight-year-old is still a novice and while he was pulled up on heavy going at Cheltenham in November, he was highly progressive on better ground earlier in the campaign.
Thirsk 11.10 Liv Lucky 11.40 Shalaa Asker (nb) 12.10 Highland Acclaim 12.40 Shackabooah 1.10 Ghathanfar 1.40 Throne Hall (nap) 2.10 Pierre Lapin 2.40 Wizard D’Amour
Stratford-on-Avon
11.45 Tactical Manoeuvre
12.15 Furius De Ciergues
12.50 The Bull McCabe
1.22 Postman
1.57 Prince Llywelyn
2.32 Sid Hoodie
3.07 Zamparelli