Fahey eyes Haydock prize with Altay

ALTAY has really taken to the jumping game and after putting up an impressive show in the Tote Trifecta Hurdle at Wetherby yesterday he has an important date at Haydock in six weeks time.

The Richard Fahey-trained gelding was given a confident ride by conditional jockey Padge Whelan, who eased him into the lead approaching the penultimate flight and the race was all over bar a fall.

He went on to pass the post with rather more in hand than the six-length margin suggested and was making it two wins from three outings over hurdles this season having also scored twice on the all-weather during the winter.