Nickname ready for War

NICKNAME is set to clash with Cheltenham Gold Cup winner War Of Attrition in Sunday’s John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown.

The seven-year-old won the Fortria Chase at Navan on his reappearance last month, beating subsequent Tingle Creek fourth Central House by three-quarters of a length.

Nickname won two of his five starts last term and although Brassil knows his charge is facing a tricky task against the Gold Cup hero, he is hoping the likely testing ground will play to his strengths.