Pizarro can get back to winning ways

PIZARRO, who currently takes very high order in the ante-post market for Cheltenham’s Sun Alliance Novices’ Hurdle, cannot be opposed in the www.sugarcube.co.uk Hurdle at Down Royal this afternoon.

Edward O’Grady’s charge is on a retrieving mission, having proved a big disappointment when a beaten odds-on favourite at Navan in the middle of December.

That came at a time, however, when O’Grady’s horses were badly out of sorts. The shrewd handler, wisely, gave them plenty time to recover and they have come back better than ever.