Bishop hoping Jasmine is just perfect

KEVIN BISHOP is hoping Just Jasmine can defy the handicapper in Saturday’s Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot but acknowledges the mare will have to produce the best performance of her career to lift the spoils in the £120,000 showpiece.

One of the most consistent chasers in training, Just Jasmine was pushed up the ratings in November after turning the form book upside down to win a two-mile handicap chase at Cheltenham and finish runner-up to Shamawan in the Allied Irish Bank Chase at Ascot.

“She seems very well and is in good form, but from now on life is going to be pretty tough for her,” said the Somerset trainer yesterday, whose charge is a 12-1 chance with the sponsors.