James Bethell is to switch Mine – for whom the Haydock ground would have been too testing at the weekend – to the next meeting at the Merseyside course on Thursday.

D’ARGENT has been all the rage for Saturday’s Gala Casinos Daily Record Scottish Grand National and is now as low as 6-1 favourite for the Ayr showpiece.

Martin Pipe is delaying making a decision on the participation of Martell Cognac Grand National third Lord Atterbury in Saturday’s Betfred Gold Cup, for which the sponsors make him 6-1 joint favourite with Shardam.

Martin Pipe gained another significant success to stretch his lead in the trainers’ championship when Seebald landed the Faucetts For Mira Showers Silver Trophy at Cheltenham today.