Sandor Clegane leads handicap hopefuls

SANDOR CLEGANE (Wednesday, 2.40) has the alternative of the Stayers' Hurdle - but trainer Paul Nolan prefers the 2m5f cavalry charge of the Coral Cup and those at the head of the weights have a cracking record in this one.

- PAUL JACOBS

The selection (left) failed to see out three miles in the Galmoy Hurdle, prompting a change in plans for the eight-year-old who has unfinished business over timber having been disqualified in the 2023 Albert Bartlett.