Gift out to boost Gold Cup claim

CONNECTIONS of Iris’s Gift are hoping the grey can boost his totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup prospects at Warwick today.

The nine-year-old faces just four rivals as he looks to resume winning ways in the totepool “A Better Way To Bet” Novices’ Chase.

The extended three-mile contest looks like being the Jonjo O’Neill-trained gelding’s last run in novice company as he is set to step up in class for the Letheby & Christopher Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham at the end of the month.