Burton Port taken out of Welsh feature
Silver By Nature now tops the weights for the Coral Welsh National after 13 horses were taken out of the December 27 race.
Burton Port had featured prominently in the market for the Chepstow marathon after his second in the Hennessy, but trainer Nicky Henderson had indicated he may bypass the extended three-mile-five-furlong race.
The six-year-old was indeed among the horses scratched from the race along with Neptune Collonges and Madison Du Berlais, which means Lucinda Russell’s Silver By Nature takes over at the top of the handicap.
Last year’s winner Dream Alliance is still in the field along with Jim Dreaper’s 2008 hero Notre Pere, ante-post favourite Synchronised, Galant Nuit and Watamu Bay.
