2016 Coral Hurdle tips: Yanworth holds all the aces at Ascot

Yanworth odds the clear choice for Coral Hurdle tips

Yanworth looks a worthy favourite to make a winning return to action the the Grade 2 Coral Hurdle on a cracking seven-race card at Ascot on Saturday (14:40).

The Alan King trained gelding had some top form to his name in bumpers, including when fourth to Moon Racer at the Cheltenham Festival, and won his first four starts over the obstacles last season in facile fashion.

In the last of those on Festival Trials day at Cheltenham, Yanworth took the step up into Grade 2 company in his stride when sauntering to a seven-length success over the highly-regarded Shantou Village.

After being held-up in the early stages by jockey Barry Geraghty, Yanworth scythed through the field without being asked any sort of question.

As Shantou Village kicked home approaching the last, Geraghty sat motionless on the JP McManus owned six-year-old and oozed confidence.

Awesome display followed by cracking effort in Neptune

It was then just a case of what Yanworth would find when he pushed the button, and the answer was plenty as he quickened clear instantly when asked on the run-in to win without extending himself.

It was an awesome display and Yanworth went on to round off the campaign with a fine 1 3/4 length second to Yorkhill in the Grade 1 Neptune Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, where he was forced wide to challenge and made a couple of costly errors.