Although plenty of punters who got their fingers burnt on Blazer in last weekend’s Betfair Hurdle, at Newbury, it is far too soon to write off the beaten favourite.

SEAMUS Heffernan will ride the Aidan O’Brien-trained Scorpion in the Hong Kong Vase next weekend.

Richard Hughes returned to Britain for his first rides of the year and started as he means to go on with the win of Arctic Desert at Lingfield.