Thomas Mor Headed For Reynoldstown En Route To Festival Bid

Thomas Mor could prove he is the forgotten horse in the amateur chasing after 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 third, Wendigo, and 4th, Salver, frank the kind because, connections are of this Grade Two occasion which might act as a springboard to the Cheltenham Festival.


White said: "The type has been increased given that Christmas, I was really amazed when looking at the Brown Advisory betting to see he is 100-1 and a few of the horses that have been behind him and not too far in front are single figures.


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


"We'll get Saturday out the method first before we believe about Cheltenham but at the minute we are considering the Grade One.


"This has actually always been the race we had in mind for him after Kempton and we're extremely much eagerly anticipating the track we are taking."


Thomas Mor has smart course type (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 test the waters in graded company at Haydock when heading to the north west for the ZYN Rendlesham Hurdle.


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


"It will be competitive however he's in excellent type and he's run well at Haydock in the past, so there's no reason not to be thinking that way.


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