Echo in form for Mears bid

Karen Waldron hopes Liverpool Echo can start to pay back some of his hefty price tag in Friday’s Mears Group Chase at Cheltenham.

Bought for 83,000 guineas out of Henry Daly’s yard, the five-year-old was a disappointing eighth on his debut for his new handler in the Summer Plate at Market Rasen in July, but was subsequently found to be lame.