Liberman gets vote of confidence

The former owner of Weatherbys Champion Bumper favourite Liberman has given his new connections hope of victory in Wednesday’s Grade One event at Cheltenham.

Owner David Johnson said: “Liberman is one of my big hopes for the week. His breeder Pat O’Donovan rang me at the weekend to wish me luck. He said that the horse ran at Bellewstown on his final start in Ireland to see if he would go left-handed and up and down hills like at Cheltenham.