Talking Horses: Roi can Bague the prize

La Bague Au Roi was one of the stars of last season and Warren Greatrex’s mare can maintain her impeccable record first time out by leading her rivals a merry dance in the Grade Two bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby today.

The eight-year-old surrendered her unbeaten record over fences when going down by a length and a quarter to Kalashnikov at Aintree on her final start last season but that was her sole defeat in five starts in the 2018-19 campaign.