Thomas Mor Headed For Reynoldstown En Route To Festival Bid

Thomas Mor might show he is the forgotten horse in the amateur chasing department when he heads to Ascot for the Injured Jockeys Fund Ambassadors Programme Reynoldstown Novices' Chase on Saturday.


Philip Hobbs and Johnson White's course winner was second to Kitzbuhel in the Kauto Star Novices' Chase on Boxing Day and having actually seen Kempton 3rd, Wendigo, and fourth, Salver, frank the form considering that, connections are resilient ahead of this Grade Two event which could function as a springboard to the Cheltenham Festival.


White stated: "The kind has been enhanced since Christmas, I was extremely shocked when taking a look at the Brown Advisory betting to see he is 100-1 and some of the horses that have lagged him and not too far in front are single figures.


"He remains in excellent form and schooled well on Tuesday morning and returns to Ascot which is a course he won well at on his penultimate start. Conditions ought to suit and he's 10lb greater than anything else on ratings so we need to be .


"We'll get Saturday out the way first before we think about Cheltenham however at the minute we are believing of the Grade One.


"This has constantly been the race we wanted for him after Kempton and we're really much eagerly anticipating the track we are taking."


Thomas Mor has clever course form (Andrew Matthews/PA)


Hobbs and White could likewise be represented at Ascot by the well-regarded Starzand in the opening Betfair Novices' Hurdle, a race the steady won with Sporting John back in 2020.


Meanwhile, French Ship, another of the Minehead operation's leading lights, is most likely to evaluate the waters in graded company at Haydock when heading to the north west for the ZYN Rendlesham Hurdle.


"He'll probably go to Haydock rather than the Pertemps qualifier at Wincanton," continued White.


"It will be competitive however he remains in good kind and he's run well at Haydock in the past, so there's no factor not to be thinking that way.


"He remains in great form and schooled over a couple of difficulties on Tuesday morning. We could not be happier with him and excited to see how he gets on."