Course specialist set for one last hurrah at his happiest hunting ground

Sir Ector
2.20 Down Royal
2pts each-way

It is all about the future at Down Royal as Samcro take his first step on the path to the Champion Hurdle, but a past stable star of James Lambe's could have one final day in the sun in the Allianz Handicap Hurdle (2.20).

Sir Ector will turn 12 on New Year's Day and there is no doubting his best days are behind him given that he won the November Handicap on the Flat at Leopardstown back in 2013 off a mark of 100. He was rated 104 at his peak.