Hennessy hope in Supreme form

SIMPLY SUPREME, as low as 8-1 for the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup, was reported bang on target for the Newbury showpiece Saturday week.

After a successful first season over fences, which included a 12-length victory in the Grade Two Mildmay Novices’ Chase at the Aintree Festival, the seven-year-old is set to shoulder 9st 13lb in the Grade Three handicap.

The Sue Smith-trained gelding is owned by Trevor Hemmings and his racing manager Michael Meager said: “The Hennessy is the aim - I spoke to Sue this morning and the horse is fine. The race should suit him. He won a three-mile-one-furlong novice chase at Aintree last season, so the trip of the Hennessy (three miles, two and a half furlongs) should prove no problem.”