Iris team eyeing hurdles spin

Sean Curran is planning to give his surprise Scottish Grand National winner Iris de Balme a spin over hurdles ahead of his first possible chase assignment in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury.

Next year’s Grand National at Aintree is a long-term aim for the gelding, who gave the jump jockey-turned trainer and his owner and landlord Lee Power a memorable day in Scotland in April when striking at 66-1.