Pickings a Hennessy contender
Slim Pickings, third in this year’s John Smith’s Grand National, could next run in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup after pleasing connections on his return at Naas.
Tom Taaffe’s eight-year-old finished sixth of seven runners in the James & Helen Hannon Memorial Handicap Chase, won by stablemate Breaking Silence.
Taaffe was happy enough with Slim Pickings’ comeback outing and could now send his tough chaser to Newbury on December 1.
“We’ll see how he is in the next week but if he comes out of the race OK, we may think about going for the Hennessy,” said the County Kildare handler.
