Baracouda to run at Ascot tomorrow

Baracouda runs in Britain for the second time this season when he turns up for his annual tilt at the Cantor Sport Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot tomorrow and it is difficult to imagine this amazing stayer being beaten.

The Francois Doumen-trained eight-year-old will not be a good betting proposition, but it will be a pleasure to see him in action again as he continues a programme that will lead to an attempt at a third consecutive Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival next March.