Captain can collect

GLENFINN Captain, successful in the race a year ago, can do the business again in the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel this afternoon.

His task has been made a lot easier by the defection of Vic Venturi, now re-routed to the Becher Chase at Aintree on Sunday, who would have been in the line-up had the meeting gone ahead as scheduled last Thursday.

Tom Taaffe’s ten-year-old warmed up for this test with a spin over hurdles at Thurles last month, finishing a remote fifth behind easy winner, Oscar Dan Dan. That was hardly an encouraging display, but the selection has always been a far better chaser than hurdler and comfort can be taken from that.