Sublimity has Champion sighter

Smart novice hurdler Sublimity will bid to book his Champion Hurdle place when he has his first run of the season in the Navan Golf Club Open For Membership Hurdle at Navan on Saturday.

Fourth behind Noland in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle before taking up the same position behind Iktitaf in the VC Bet Champion Novice Hurdle at the Punchestown Festival, the former Michael Stoute inmate has been off the track for nearly 300 days.