‘Worth a go’ with Captain Guinness

YOU can never write off Henry de Bromhead and Rachael Blackmore in any blockbuster event, but Captain Guinness will need to do something he has never done before if he is to provide the pair with another

Grade 1, writes David Jennings.

The six-year-old has an official rating of 154 – 22lb inferior to Chacun Pour Soi – but the chances are we have not seen the best of Captain Guinness yet, as he is only a secondseason chaser with seven starts over fences.

The Arkle third registered his second success over fences in a Grade 3 at Naas last month when easily accounting for Andy Dufresne, and De Bromhead said: “I was delighted with the way Captain Guinness won. This is a tougher race, but we’re happy with him and thought it was worth having a go.”