Jeremy Grayson scours the country tracks for the less heralded rising stars

FFOS LAS, January 11 (Soft, heavy in places) 2m3f83yds (+41yds) Novices’ Chase (Grade 2)
If the re-routed Towton Chase wasn’t the first Grade 2 to take place at the Trimsaran venue in its decade and a half’s trading, there can only have been penny numbers previously. The form of this second renewal since the reduction in trip from 3m is far from meaningless despite four of the six competitors having met with mishap on the way round, and whilst LORD OF THUNDER would still have been hard-pr...