Altior returns with Big Buck’s record in his sights

Nicky Henderson returns Altior to the fray at Ascot today as the superstar two-miler seeks to extend his remarkable winning run over jumps in a three-runner renewal of the Matchbook Clarence House Chase.

Only four were left in the early-closing Grade One at the five-day stage and when three-time winner of the race Un De Sceaux failed to appear among the declarations on Thursday morning, Altior’s task was made even easier.