Binocular out to stake Champion claim
JP McManus’s four-year-old, trained by Nicky Henderson, is rated far superior to his four rivals in the Betfair Hurdle and is already ante-post favourite for the Smurfit Kappa-sponsored showpiece at Cheltenham next March following a very fruitful first campaign over hurdles.
After winning his first two starts, he was second in the Supreme Novices’ at Cheltenham before flooring Triumph hero Celestial Halo at Aintree.