Katarino back for hat-trick bid

Aintree specialist Sam Waley-Cohen is taking nothing for granted with Katarino as the 13-year-old attempts to provide him with a third victory in the John Smith’s Fox Hunters’ Chase this Thursday.

The pair teamed up to take the famous old prize in 2005 and 2006 but Katarino, who is now 13 and notoriously difficult to keep sound, has been restricted to a sole start in a point-to-point since his second success.