Horse racing tips: Paul Townend can make winning return from two-month hiatus at Tipperary

Sole Pretender jumping the last on the way to winning at Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Out of action since May 1, champion-jockey Paul Townend returns at Tipperary today and might land the Grade 3 Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle on the Norman Lee-trained Sole Pretender.

Sole Pretender, whose career has been interrupted by injury, is the highest-rated in the field and sets the standard.