More Aintree agony for Drever as he fluffs his lines once more

BLAZING Bailey exacted his revenge on Inglis Drever as the champion stayer again failed to fire at Aintree yesterday in the John Smith’s Great Float Social Club Liverpool Hurdle.

The three-time winner of the Ladbrokes World Hurdle was a warm order to follow up his most recent Cheltenham victory, but Howard Johnson’s stable stalwart fluffed his lines on Merseyside once more.

Despite kicking off his hurdling career with victory at this track in 2004, the nine-year-old has now been turned over on four subsequent visits and could finish no better than third on this occasion.