IT was hardly a surprise GALICE MACALO (3.30) found Epatante too strong a rival at Doncaster 24 days ago, but she looks the sort to win the Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Handicap Hurdle at Market Rasen today.
The seven-year-old wore a tongue-tie for the first time in the Grade Two, where she finished 12 lengths behind the 2020 Champion Hurdle winner, having previously scored an impressive 10-length victory at Chepstow early in January.
She beat a subsequent winner that day and now that Jane Williams’ mare reverts back to handicap company, she has every chance to score a fifth hurdle success.
