The eight-year-old surrendered her unbeaten record over fences when going down by a length and a quarter to Kalashnikov at Aintree on her final start last season but that was her sole defeat in five starts in the 2018-19 campaign.

RUBY WALSH makes his first return to race-riding in Britain since being suspended under the new whip rules at Aintree when he heads to Wetherby for one mount today.

Maoi Chinn Tire created the biggest shock of the fledgling National Hunt season to date by landing the Weatherbys Bank Wensleydale Juvenile at Hurdle at Wetherby at a staggering 200-1.

WETHERBY’S Charlie Hall meeting kicks off with a cracking card, highlighted by the Bet365 Handicap Chase in which Neptune Equester is fancied to strike for Brian Ellison.

Ginger McCain, paying his last visit to Haydock Park before handing in his trainer’s licence, scooped the feature event when Cloudy Lane powered home in the £20,000 Red Square Vodka “Fixed Brush” Novices’ Hurdle Final.