Support for Joss Naylor

PUNTERS continue to search out soft-ground specialists in the ante-post markets for tomorrow’s Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury – despite a dry day at the track.

And it was the John Joe O'Neill trained Barry Geraghty ridden Joss Naylor who has been all the rage with Cashmans, as the Cork-based layers cut his price to 7-1, from 9's, for tomorrow's showpiece.

Irish Hussar has been confirmed as the biggest liability of Ladbrokes, who have brought him in to 5-1, with spokesman Balthazar Fabricius saying: "Irish Hussar is the one we want to get beat."