Welsh National option for Houdini

A trip to Chepstow over Christmas for the Coral Welsh National is under consideration for Operation Houdini following his reversal in the stewards’ room at Cork on Sunday.

Davy Fitzgerald’s six-year-old was seeking a hat-trick in the Cork Grand National but after passing the post in first, the officials ruled there was enough interference – albeit accidental – between the last two obstacles to relegate him to second behind Alickadoo.

The Co Limerick handler was less than impressed with that