Stattler is a hopeful choice for the ultra-competitive, Grade 3 Naas Business Club Novice Chase which opens Sunday’s action in Naas.
The Willie Mullins-trained Stowaway gelding, a bumper and hurdle winner, came up short of the top level in the staying novice hurdle ranks last season.
But he has always looked likely to reach his potential as a chaser and made a pleasing start in the new discipline at Fairyhouse, a performance which suggested he’d be more than capable of making an impression in graded company. And he gets his chance in this intriguing three-miler.
