Paul Nicholls-trained Present Man One To Back In The Bet365 Gold Cup

Paul Nicholls has won the National Hunt trainer's championship for an incredible 11th time and he can celebrate his coronation with a victory for Present Man (Sandown, nap 3.35) in the bet365 Gold Cup.
Nicholls saddled his 3,000th UK jumps winner at Cheltenham and a triumvirate of Present Man, Give Me A Copper and Adrien combo du lịch sapa Pont give him a chance of ending a magnificent season in style.
Partnered by the returning Bryony Frost, who herself has captured the season's conditional jockeys' title, Present Man will be fresher than most for the end-of-season feature and his record on ground no worse than good to soft when rested for up to two months features five wins, two seconds and a third.
Paul Nicholls is hoping for a victory for Present Man (right) in the bet365 Gold Cup
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The selection appeared likely to take a hand in last year's race, won impressively by Step Back. However, the soft ground took its toll in the closing stages and Present Man could only manage third behind the runaway winner and Rock The Kasbah, partnered by four-time champion jockey Richard Johnson.
Step Back should feel more comfortable returning to a right-handed track after the Grand National at Aintree and the fitting of cheek pieces for the first time may be a smart move.
Present Man has been off the track since struggling with his breathing at Taunton and a recent operation to remedy that could see him return in the same form which saw him win well at Wincanton last November.
Frost, who is back from a spell on the sidelines with a broken collarbone, enjoyed a magnificent round of jumping aboard the nine-year-old that day.
Although some question Present Man's stamina at Saturday's trip, it looks a chance worth taking as the conditions will suit a horse likely to be towards the head of affairs. 
Present Man will be rode by Bryony Frost, who captured the season's conditional jockeys' title
 

HAYDOCK  ROBIN GOODFELLOW 
1.30 Apparate
2.05 Wahash
2.40 Spirit Of Lund
3.15 Dashed
3.45 Conga
4.20 This Girl
4.50 Escobar
5.25 Lagenda
GIMCRACK    
1.30 Great Bear
2.05 Lord Oberon
2.40 Ouzo
3.15 Search For Light
3.45 Lady Lawyer
4.20 Tamreer
4.50 Chatez
5.25 Ascot Week
NEWMARKET - 1.30 Apparate (nap); 3.15 Fabulist (nb)
LEICESTER   ROBIN GOODFELLOW 
1.40 Enthaar
2.15 Chattanooga Boy
2.45 Donjuan Triumphant
3.25 Cape Islay
3.55 Affluence
4.30 Molten Lava
5.00 Laafy
5.35 John Clare
GIMCRACK    
1.40 Handytalk
2.15 Gobi Sunset
2.45 Hey Gaman
3.25 So High
3.55 Kirtling
4.30 False Id
5.00 Sucellus
5.35 Mawsool
SANDOWN ROBIN GOODFELLOW 
1.50 Getaway Trump
2.25 Black Corton
3.00 Altior
3.35 Present Man (nap)
4.10 Old Guard
4.40 Diable De Sivola
5.15 Wait For Me
GIMCRACK    
1.50 Lord Yeats
2.25 Black Corton
3.00 Altior (nb)
3.35 Give Me A Copper (nap)
4.10 On The Blind Side
4.40 Larry
5.15 Encore Champs

WOLVERHAMPTON  ROBIN GOODFELLOW 
5.30 Dotted Swiss
6.00 Finch Hatton
6.30 Whatwouldyouknow
7.00 Dancing Jo
7.30 Crystal King
8.00 Harry Callahan
8.30 Muraad
GIMCRACK    
5.30 Secret Potion
6.00 Ustath
6.30 International Law
7.00 Image Of The Moon
7.30 Crystal King
8.00 Harry Callahan
8.30 One Cool Daddy
RIPON 
ROBIN GOODFELLOW 
1.45 Birkenhead
2.20 Crownthorpe
2.55 Teruntum Star
3.30 Mirsaale (nb)
4.00 King's Advice
4.35 Asad
5.05 True Hero
GIMCRACK   
1.45 Baileys Prayer
2.20 New Graduate
2.55 Pipers Note
3.30 Making Miracles
4.00 King's Advice
4.35 Sky Cross
5.05 True Hero
NORTHERNER - 2.20 Crownthorpe (nap); 2.55 Gin In The Inn (nb)
DONCASTER  ROBIN GOODFELLOW 
5.10 Get Back Get Back
5.45 Mountain Dreams
6.15 Jalaad
6.45 Finniston Farm
7.15 combo sapa Inca
7.45 Excellent Times
8.15 Molaaheth
GIMCRACK   
5.10 Get Back Get Back
5.45 Great Image
6.15 Destination
6.45 Fujaira Prince
7.15 Palladium
7.45 Javelin
8.15 Socru


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