CALL ME LORD heads the weights for the valuable Matchbook Imperial Cup at Sandown on Saturday.
Nicky Henderson’s improving five-year-old has two wins to his name around the Esher course and finished third on his last start in the Grade 2 Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton.
Race sponsors Matchbook are offering a £100,00 bonus for any horse who can win on Saturday and follow up in any race at next week’s Cheltenham Festival.
Anthony Bromley, racing manager for Call Me Lord’s owners Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, said: “The plan is to run in the Imperial Cup on Saturday.
“There is the big carrot with that big bonus if everything goes well.”
Call Me Lord is one of two potential runners for Henderson along with the hat-trick-seeking Whatswrongwithyou.
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The John Quinn-trained Master Of Irony is another horse set to chase the Sandown-Cheltenham double.
Quinn told At The Races: “We took him to Ireland a few weeks ago and he just didn’t travel great, so we couldn’t run him. Then I had him in at Newcastle last week and he didn’t run.
“We felt he’d have squeak in the Imperial Cup and this year there’s a massive bonus. If he happened to win he’s also in the Martin Pipe (Conditional Jockeys’ Hurdle) and the County Hurdle.
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“He’ll have his chance on Saturday. He’s very well and I’m very happy with him.”
Other contenders include Dr Richard Newland’s Le Patriote, the Evan Williams-trained Silver Streak and Friday Night Light from David Pipe’s stable.
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