Captain on course for Durkan Chase

GLENFINN CAPTAIN, as low as 12-1 for the Arkle, will continue his preparations with an outing in the Durkan New Homes Novice Chase at Leopardstown on St Stephen’s Day.

Tom Taaffe’s seven-year-old won a Grade Two novice hurdle at Fairyhouse at the end of last season, but connections wasted no time in sending him over fences.

He opened his account at the first time of asking back at Fairyhouse in October and created a big impression in doing so.