Unexposed Activial out to land big gamble in Ladbroke

Trainer Harry Fry is keeping his fingers crossed the decision to hold Activial back for a major handicap will pay off as the unexposed youngster bids to land a significant gamble in The Ladbroke at Ascot today.

The Seaborough handler has never made any secret of the high regard in which he holds the four-year-old and he certainly looked the part when running away with Adonis Juvenile Hurdle at Kempton in February.

He fluffed his lines on his only subsequent start on a sounder surface at Aintree in April, but should find conditions more to his liking this weekend and Fry is confident his charge is ahead of the handicapper at this early stage of his career.