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Walkon set to bounce back

Lovcen was an impressive winner at Towcester and goes in the first division of the novice hurdle at Exeter on Sunday. He fell early doors at Doncaster last time but has pleased on the schooling ground since and shown no ill-effects. He is on a mark of 130 so has a fair level of form so has every chance.

I don't know much about Forresters Folly in the second division. She has had a couple of bumper runs and one in a novice hurdle so it is a case of a fact-finding mission with her and she will probably find her level in handicaps. She is there to do her best and we wil see how we get on.

Montbazon steps up in company on Sunday. It was job done last time at Plumpton but obviously he showed some very useful form before that behind Colour Squadron at Newbury. I schooled him over six flights of hurdles on Thursday and was very pleased with him - he seems in good nick so we are looking for a solid run. This race will tell us where we go with him for Cheltenham.

Walkon runs in the novice chase and going back to Exeter over 2m4f should be much more to his liking than at Newbury last time where Cue Card got him on the stretch all the way up the straight. He made his mistakes because he was going a gear too quick so hopefully he will be able to do everything within himself on Sunday. He has schooled nicely at home and hopefully he will be good enough to defy a penalty.

I won on Pouvoir last year at Bangor and he gave me a great spin that day. He has been off the track for a while and is a horse who is a bit fragile so I am sure whatever he does on Sunday, he will improve for the run.

I ride Fairey Delta for Tor Sturgis in the bumper and she ran well on her debut at Folkestone. She was very green and found everything a little bit tight and a little bit sharp so Exeter will suit her better as she will have a little more time. She is sure to have learned from the experience and I think she can put up a bold show.