Cheltenham plan for Killy

Howard Johnson added another string to his powerful Cheltenham Festival bow as Killyglen took the victorchandler.com Robert Burns 250th Anniversary Novices’ Chase at Ayr.

The seven-year-old was previously trained in Larne, Northern Ireland, by Roy Wilson, for whom he won three times, his first success coming his way in a bumper at this course in November 2007 and he then he scored at Downpatrick before making it three at Carlisle.