Captain can collect
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.
