Moscow Flyer

CHAMPION ’CHASE favourite Moscow Flyer has to come through the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet ’Chase at Leopardstown this afternoon with flying colours if he is to maintain his postion at the top of that particular Cheltenham ante-post market.

Jessica Harrington’s brilliant winner of Arkle at the Festival in March faces an easy task now and it will be most disappointing should he fail to deliver. The rising nine-year-old made an excellent seasonal debut when scoring in a canter at Down Royal and then took on the big boys for the first time in the Tingle Creek at Sandown earlier this month.

His race ended at the fifth, however. Moscow Flyer was badly hampered and he and Barry Geraghty went their separate ways. Barring similar misfortune, he will surely get back on the winning trail!