O'Neill pointing Lingo at Novice target

Lingo went to the head of the market for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival after winning the feature race at Sandown Park yesterday.

Jonjo O’Neill’s five-year-old had been talked of as a live outsider for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle in the lead-up to the race, but the trainer was quick to put matters straight.