General can take charge

GENERAL MILLER, a horse who has improved throughout the season, can round off the campaign in style by landing the Evening Herald Champion Novice Hurdle at the first stage of the Punchestown Festival this evening.

He departed at the first in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham, contest won by Menorah, and was then sent on a retrieving mission to Aintree.

The selection didn’t disappoint, buckling down when the need was greatest from the final flight to beat Menorah by a neck.