Gift on track for Baracouda rematch

Iris’s Gift remains on course for a mouth-watering rematch with Baracouda after a promising seasonal reappearance at Haydock.

Jonjo O’Neill’s grey gelding, who pushed the French superstar all the way in the last year’s Stayers’ Hurdle, had to settle for second place behind stablemate Tardar in the Pertemps Handicap Hurdle Qualifier.