El Dancer primed for Punchestown

Lucy Wadham is confident El Dancer will be a force to be reckoned with given suitable ground in the €100,000 Evening Herald Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown on Tuesday.

The five-year-old got off the mark over obstacles in a relatively minor contest at Plumpton on his penultimate start before springing a surprise in the Top Novices’ Hurdle at Aintree.