• Wales-based handler adds Warwick marathon to Welsh Grand National win
• Black Hercules and Thomas Hobson advertise their Cheltenham credentialsKerry Lee is the fresh name for punters to remember whenever they are struggling with a marathon jumps race,the rookie trainer having added the Classic Chase here to her Welsh Grand National success the previous Saturday. Mountainous was quite well fancied for final week’s stamina test at Chepstow but Russe Blanc’s victory here appeared to come as rather more of a pleasant surprise, as odds of 20-1 would propose. It is not at all impossible that the pair may meet in the Grand National at the close of the season.
While the handful of finishers in Wales were so slathered in mud as to be almost indistinguishable by the finish, and Russe Blanc was easily picked out here and not just because of his unusually pale coat. Said to be the only horse in training who is registered as white,he also caught the eye with a really impressive succession of leaps.
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Source: theguardian.com