Take Tavalu for victory

Tavalu returns from his summer break at Huntingdon and he will take all the beating in the WBX.COM Free Bet For New Accounts Novices’ Chase.

On breeding, Gary Moore’s charge looks like he would be more at home lining up in a race on the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe programme at Longchamp.

Being by Kingmambo out of the Group One-placed Larrocha, Tavalu is certainly bred in the purple but after failing to live up to expectations on the level for Godolphin, he showed chasing could be his game with a win at Fontwell in June.

Although by no means the strongest heat, Tavalu comfortably accounted for the unpredictable Carthys Cross in what was a fine display of fencing on only his second try over the bigger obstacles.

A subsequent run on the Flat yielded a fair fourth but his future evidently lies in the National Hunt sphere and with the Huntingdon ground on the quick side, Tavalu must be the pick.

Nigel Twiston-Davies has his team in good form and Patman Du Charmil can keep up the good work in the Scott Wilson Novices’ Chase at Uttoxeter.

First-time blinkers worked the oracle at Perth last week as the five-year-old slammed the useful Premier Dane by 14 lengths and another win could be on the cards here.

Tiger King can rule at Kelso after having an encouraging run on the Flat at Hamilton recently.

Only a neck separated Peter Monteith’s charge and the winner Elopement but it showed that Tiger King was still in good form.

He opened his account over the smaller obstacles at Perth in August and has strong claims in the Green Family Celebration Handicap Hurdle.

Lord On The Run would have gone close to winning at Market Rasen last week had he not hit the third-last fence.

However, he was not beaten far when third to Jim Edwards and Pat Haslam’s runner can gain compensation in the Bannerman Burke Solicitors And Estate Agents Handicap Chase.