SOARING GLORY gets the vote to rack up back-to-back victories in the Betfair Hurdle (3.35) at Newbury.
Not since Rosyth captured the first two runnings of the race inaugurated as the Schweppes Gold Trophy in 1963 has a horse won the two-mile handicap twice.
To follow suit, Jonjo O’Neill’s top weight must buck the trend of recent success for novices, triumphant in nine of the past 12 years.