Paul Nicholls seeks eighth Greatwood triumph

A field of 14 is set to go to post for tomorrow’s StanJames.com Supporting Greatwood Gold Cup at Newbury.

Paul Nicholls has landed the valuable contest seven times since its inception in 2004, including in 2015 with Sound Investment, and the champion trainer is responsible this year for Sky Bet’s 11/2 favourite Art Mauresque (11st 4lb) and 7/1 shot Sametegal (11st 3lb), who will be ridden by Noel Fehily and Harry Cobden respectively.

Art Mauresque won a novices’ chase at Cheltenham in October and went on to finish a close sixth in the Paddy Power Gold Cup back at the same course the following month, while fellow novice Sametegal scored at Huntingdon in November and was travelling well when unseating Sam Twiston-Davies in the Grade Two Fuller’s London Pride Novices’ Chase at Newbury later the same month.