Cheltenham: Envoi Allen’s class can shine through in Ballymore

Jockey Keith O’Donoghue on Envoi Allen. Photo: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Envoi Allen has always been held in the highest regard, and nothing he has done on the track has done anything to diminish the esteem in which he is held. Isn’t it great, though, that the six-year-old, who is unbeaten in six runs inside the rails and one in the point to point fields, will have a stern examination of his ability in the Grade 1 Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle which opens this afternoon’s card?