Don’t be in any rush to dismiss Moscow Flyer, warns Harrington

MANY may have written off Moscow Flyer’s chances of a third Queen Mother Champion Chase here today, but his trainer Jessica Harrington was last night drawing a lot of comfort from the performance in the Champion Hurdle of Macs Joy.

Harrington, who has seen her charge drift from favouritism to 5/1 for today’s race, felt that the Macs Joy performance was quite significant. “Hopefully this augurs well for Moscow Flyer. Our horses have come back to form recently and that bodes well.

“Both Macs Joy and Moscow Flyer have been on the gallops together recently and I’ve been pleased with them. But you never know until they get to the track what the story really is.