Thomas Mor Headed For Reynoldstown En Route To Festival Bid

Thomas Mor might prove he is the forgotten horse in the beginner going after division 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 2nd to Kitzbuhel in the Kauto Star Novices' Chase on Boxing Day and having actually seen Kempton third, Wendigo, and 4th, Salver, frank the type considering that, connections are buoyant ahead of this Grade Two event which could function as a springboard to the Cheltenham Festival.


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


"He's in good type and schooled well on Tuesday early morning and goes back to Ascot which is a course he won well at on his penultimate start. Conditions need to suit and he's 10lb greater than anything else on rankings so we need to be enthusiastic.


"We'll get Saturday out the method initially before we consider Cheltenham however at the minute we are considering the Grade One.


"This has always been the race we had in mind for him after Kempton and we're really much looking to the track we are taking."


Thomas Mor has clever course kind (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 likely to check the waters in graded company at Haydock when heading to the north west for the ZYN Rendlesham Hurdle.


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


"It will be competitive but he's in excellent kind and he's run well at Haydock in the past, so there's no reason not to be believing that method.


"He's in fantastic kind and schooled over a couple of obstacles on Tuesday morning. We could not be better with him and delighted to see how he gets on."