Joe Tizzard Saturday runners blog: 'It looks a nice final option for the season'

Coral ambassador and leading trainer Joe Tizzard is back with his latest exclusive blog, previewing his runners on Saturday at Ayr following last weekend's Grand National.

Lord Of Thunder did disappoint me at Cheltenham, although I think we ended up trying to chase a Grade One horse [Caldwell Potter] in a handicap, and we just overcooked him. He won well at Newbury the time before, that was over almost three miles so I don’t think this trip will be a problem, and it looks a nice final option for this season.

Rock My Way ran a cracker to finish second in the National Hunt Chase at the Festival, he got the trip really well, and I think he’s improved physically at home since then. It’s a hot race, as you’d expect, but I’m looking forward to running him, he’s in here off a nice weight, and if he gets the extra couple of furlongs, which I think he will, he should have an each-way chance at least. Runners in these big races are what we want, and I think he’s a young horse on the up, and this is a great race for him.

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