Lineman hits right note for punters

PUNTERS have struggled all week, but fortunes were taken out of the ring by Wichita Lineman in the Brit Insurance Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham yesterday, giving Tony McCoy a much needed change of fortune.

He may not be the fastest horse in the world, but has courage in abundance and had to call on it all to land the touch and give owner, JP McManus, a third for the Festival.

McCoy, having endured three terrible days, finally got on the scoresheet, but had to work mighty hard to do so.