Jupiter Des Bordes ready to rule at Haydock Park

JUPITER Des Bordes scored a first British win at Warwick earlier in the month and can double up in Haydock’s Betfred Last Fling Handicap Chase.

- By ANITA CHAMBERS

Captain Hugo (front centre), pictured winning the Agetur UK 40th Anniversary In Business Maiden Hurdle at Newbury Racecourse last month, can win again at Haydock Park today

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Previously trained in France, he is now with Richard Hobson and it has taken a while to work out his need for a staying trip, starting out over two and a half miles before eventually finding the winning groove when upped to three miles.

While he was only a head in front of House Of Habsburg that day, the runner-up gave a big boost to the form when subsequently hacking up by 20 lengths and the relatively unexposed Jupiter Des Bordes was upped 9lb for the win.