LE MILOS can grab victory in the bet365 Premier Chase (GBB Race) (3pm) at Kelso on Saturday afternoon and put down a marker for his Randox Grand National bid.
The Listed feature in Scotland has, in the past, been used as a stepping to the world’s greatest steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse and Le Milos and the Emmet Mullins-trained The Shunter are two of the field who are set to line-up at Kelso and in the Grand National on April 15. Donald McCain's Ballabriggs was second in the Premier Chase before his Grand National win at Aintree in 2011. While 2013 National hero Auroras Encore, was fifth in Scotland before his success.
Skelton's Le Milos will be looking for similar success at Aintree, but first he can bring up a hat-trick of victories in the Premier Chase. The eight-year-old has won both of his starts since switching from the Tim Vaughan stable to the Skeltons in October last year. He opened his account in a three-mile handicap chase at Bangor in November, scoring by nearly five lengths. Le Milos built on that promise with an even better victory in the Coral Gold Cup Handicap Chase – formerly the Hennessy Gold Cup – at Newbury at the end of that month.
