Mission set to open account over fences

THE Donald McCain-trained Cool Mission will surely gain his first victory over fences in the Corona Beginners’ Chase at Ayr today.

The seven-year-old was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons last month as after finishing a narrow second to Beshabar at Doncaster, jockey Jason Maguire incurred a ban that so nearly meant he would miss the Champion Hurdle ride on Peddlers Cross.

Maguire was reprieved on appeal, though, and it should not be forgotten how well Cool Mission performed to chase home a very useful horse.