FANTASTIKAS can live up to his name in the Coral Scottish Grand National (3.35) at Ayr this afternoon.
Nigel Twiston-Davies has captured the four-mile test three times - Captain Dibble scored in 1992, Earth Summit two years later and Hello Bud in 2009 - and he has another live candidate in the seven-year-old Fantastikas. Novices have a fine record in the Scottish National and my selection has achieved a high level of form in his first season over fences.
Successful at Lingfield Park in November on his chasing debut, the son of Davidoff then came up against Threeunderthrufive and L’Homme Presse in Grade 2 events at Doncaster and Cheltenham. Ridden by Twiston-Davies’ son Sam, Fantastikas was back to winning form at Lingfield’s Winter Million fixture in February before taking in the Ultima Handicap Chase at Cheltenham last time out.
