Vic set for hunter chase outing

VIC Venturi is to continue his build-up to Aintree with a run in a hunter chase at Leopardstown later this month following his victory in a point-to-point on Sunday.

Trainer Dessie Hughes is giving the 12-year-old the option of either the Fox Hunters’ Chase or the John Smith’s Grand National over the legendary fences.

Vic Venturi has failed to complete on the last two runnings of the world’s greatest steeplechase, although he did win the Becher Chase over the fearsome obstacles in November 2009.