Thomas Mor Headed For Reynoldstown En Route To Festival Bid

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


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 given that, connections are resilient ahead of this Grade Two event which could act as a springboard to the Cheltenham Festival.


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


"He remains in excellent form and schooled well on Tuesday morning and goes back to Ascot which is a course he won well at on his penultimate start. Conditions should match and he's 10lb higher than anything else on ratings so we have to be hopeful.


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


"This has actually always been the race we wanted for him after Kempton and we're quite eagerly anticipating 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 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 rather than the Pertemps qualifier at Wincanton," continued White.


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


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