Will be no mean feat for Clay to turn over hotpots

FINAL DEMAND and The New Lion are scrapping for supremacy at the top of the Turners Novices' Hurdle market.

- By The Scout

But THE YELLOW CLAY (1.20) is fancied to throw a spanner in the works for jockey Jack Kennedy and trainer Gordon Elliott.

Connections aim for the top two after rerouting from what looked an easier opportunity in the three-mile Albert Bartlett.

The Yellow Clay thrives on racing and his win in the Lawlor's Of Naas - a race Elliott targets with his best novices - is backed up by the timefigure.

A battle-hardened campaigner, he has more experience than sizeable sort Final Demand, short enough given he is yet to encounter quicker conditions and Prestbury Park's undulations.