“He’s very good and I’d be disappointed for the horse if he got beat on Friday because he’s such a gem.

“He’s a horse who loves his racing and if there’s any horse that I’ve ever worked with that’s going to carry a 4lb penalty in a bumper of that quality, it’s him, as he’s got a diamond of a mentality. “We’re there to be shot at, but we’re also there to defend our unbeaten record so far and it will really put him on the map if he can win it. It makes you question how good a bumper it was because of the manner he won it, but to be fair the runner-up Fire Flyer ran well to finish second over hurdles at Newbury earlier in the week, so that has sort of franked the form. “Our horse has come out of Cheltenham in very good form. He said: “It’s a lovely race to run your unbeaten bumper horse in, isn’t it! It looks like every good bumper winner in the UK is turning up at Ascot.

Having bolted up on his rules debut at Sedgefield, the Shantou gelding successfully stepped up to Listed class at Cheltenham last month – and while he must concede upwards of 4lb to some similarly promising rivals as he looks to complete the hat-trick in another Listed event, trainer Ben Brookhouse is confident of a bold showing. Brechin Castle is one of several exciting prospects set to put their unbeaten records and tall reputations on the line in the Thames Materials Open National Hunt Flat Race at Ascot on Friday.īought for £165,000 after winning an Irish point-to-point in February, Brechin Castle has so far lived up to his lofty price tag with back-to-back wins in the bumper sphere.

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