2021’s Scottish Champion Hurdle winner Milkwood heads here for his third crack at this, having finished fifth last year after beating fellow runner Anna Bunina to the title in 2021. The nine-year-old hasn’t won a race since that success a couple of years ago and has struggled to impose himself at this sort of level since. Pulled up in the County Hurdle at Cheltenham last month too.
The 138-rated hurdler has a tough test here and 2021’s winner may have a tough time of it on Saturday afternoon.