Trafford Lad can jump to it

THE clash of two former Cheltenham Gold Cup winners, War Of Attrition and Kicking King, and the eagerly awaited debut over fences of Trafford Lad holds promise of some smashing sport at Punchestown this afternoon.

First things first and Dusty Sheehy’sTrafford Lad is the nap choice to get off to a flier in the Grade 3 Buck House Novice ‘Chase.

A high-class novice hurdler last season, he was only marking time at that game and this was always going to be his true calling.