No long walk for Baracouda

French ace Baracouda is not among the nine confirmations for the totesport Long Walk Hurdle at Windsor on Saturday.

Francois Doumen’s 10-year-old has taken the Grade One race on four occasions, and beat Crystal D’Ainay by three-quarters of a length 12 months ago to add to his wins in 2000, 2001 and 2003.