Jockey Daryl Jacob believes three-time winner Bristol De Mai still has "a great chance" of landing a record-equalling fourth victory in the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park on Saturday.
Nigel Twiston-Davies' popular grey is now an 11-year-old and turns 12 on January 1 but his regular rider Jacob thinks he can still run a big race against last year's winner, Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup hero and current 8-15 favourite A Plus Tard.
Bristol De Mai has a wonderful record at the Merseyside track having won the Grade One feature three times in 2017, 2018 and 2020. He was also second to Lostintranslation in the 2019 renewal and grabbed two other Grade Two successes at Haydock in the Altcar Novices' Chase in 2016 and the Peter Marsh Chase in 2017. All those victories have been when the going has been on the softer side and it appears conditions are coming right for the veteran again this time, with more rain likely before Saturday's big race.
