HERMES ALLEN can add to champion trainer Paul Nicholls' festive winners with victory in the Coral Challow Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race) (3pm) at Newbury Park on Saturday afternoon.
The five-year-old can help the Ditcheat handler land the Grade One feature at the Berkshire track for a third year in a row.
Recent King George VI Chase winner Bravemansgame and Stage Star have both won the race for the Nicholls’ stable in recent years and the talented Hermes Allen looks another likely type to land victory before possibly going on to the big spring meetings – the Cheltenham Festival and the Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse.
