Toledo targets Tokyo

IT was generally agreed at Bicton that no one wants to be a British selector and while there were 106 starters in the Chedington CCI4*-S, attention was focused on the seven longlisted competitors.

Oliver Townend’s Ballaghmor Class and Harry Meade’s Superstition were the only longlisted horses not present, having played their hand at Kentucky, and for the rest, this was a final trial in all but name.

Tom McEwen won on Toledo De Kerser, who belongs to Fred and Penny