Daly keeps fingers crossed for good ground

HENRY DALY is praying the rains stay away from Ascot prior to Mighty Man’s assault on the £100,000 BGC Long Walk Hurdle on Saturday.

The battle-hardened six-year-old has been installed a short-priced favourite for the three-mile-one-furlong Grade One attraction but Daly believes his charge is more effective on good ground.

Having finished a close third behind My Way De Solzen in the World Hurdle at Cheltenham last March, Mighty Man gained revenge on Alan King’s star at Aintree.