METIER is just the job in the Sovereign Handicap Hurdle (3.35) as Lingfield Park’s Winter Million gets underway today.
Harry Fry’s son of Mastercraftsman has suffered three defeats since demolishing his rivals in the Grade 1 Tolworth Novices’ Hurdle at Sandown Park last January but a drop in the handicap and a return to heavy ground will help Sean Bowen’s mount show his true colours.
The rain-softened playing surface is no problem for BROKEN HALO, a worthy favourite for the weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Novices' Chase (3.00) after a 19-length supremacy at Exeter on New Year’s Day.
