Time for the old boys to have their moment in the spotlight with this Veterans’ Chase over two and a half miles for horses aged 10 or older.
Numitor arrives in great form after wins at here and at Wincanton and Ascot this season the latest by over three lengths over further last month, but he needs a career best to win off his new mark and as an 11-year-old, that appears a big ask.
He can still go well and he did finish five lengths ahead of Dubai Days in March last year, but he meets that rival on 8lb worse terms which makes life interesting.
My suggestion has only run twice this season which I see as a positive (some of these will have had enough by now), winning by a length and a quarter over course and distance in February and far from disgraced when a length and three-quarter second to favourite Credo at Carlisle off this mark.
Interestingly, the winner has gone up 3lb suggesting my tip is potentially well-handicapped, though he does still need a career best to come home in front.
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