With previous winners of the Bunny Bookmakers Gold Cup having been won by hounds of the calibre of Airport Captain, Mossvale Ace, and last year, by Slippy Maggie, there was no reason to assume that the 2019 version would be any less classy.
So it proved with hounds of the calibre of Calico Brandy, Shotgun Bullet and Quantum Leap in the opening round.
There will also be great interest in Towstar Arry, a dog rated as a future star prior to breaking a hock at Towcester, and now making his track reappearance.
