Stag Horn ridden by Nick Scholfield before going on to win Ballymore Leamington Novices' Hurdle at Warwick Racecourse. Picture date: Saturday January 15, 2022.
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THE calm after the storm of the Cheltenham Festival, but there is still some decent action this weekend with the big betting race of the day being the Grand National Handicap Chase at Uttoxeter at 3.00 over a lung-bursting four-and-a-quarter miles.
That distance will feel even further once the forecast rains hit the green turf of the Potteries’ track and there will be no hiding place in the closing half-mile or so.
There are plenty of dour stayers set to line up in the 18-runner line-up that relish this trip — notable former winners Time To Get Up (and set to run off an 8lbs lower mark), Truckers Lodge (2020, off a 3lbs lower mark), along with Classic Chase hero Iwilldoit, Eider Chase runner-up The Galloping Bear and Welsh National winner The Two Amigos.
