Sams in town for Cheltenham heat

Scottish-based trainer Alistair Whillans is keeping his fingers crossed Samstown can provide him with a first winner at Cheltenham in the Majordomo Hospitality Handicap Chase this afternoon.

Having signed off last season with an impressive victory at Ayr’s Scottish Grand National meeting in April, the seven-year-old made a winning comeback over smaller obstacles at Kelso early last month.

A tilt at the Scottish Grand National is unsurprisingly already high on Whillans’ agenda for his stable star, but he is first keen to see how he fares in the Grade Three contest.