Punchestown date for Denman

DENMAN is likely to head to Punchestown after being ruled out of Saturday’s Coral Scottish Grand National.

This year’s Gold Cup runner-up was due to carry top weight in the Ayr feature, but drying conditions in Scotland have derailed his challenge.

The Paul Nicholls-trained chaser is instead poised to be rerouted to Ireland, where is he is being aimed at the Guinness Gold Cup on Wednesday week – as long as there is cut in the ground.