A commentator's nightmare: how Simon Holt is preparing to call Lossiemouth v Lossiemouth at Sandown

Sandown's jumps finale is set to be an intense conclusion to the trainers' title race between Willie Mullins and Dan Skelton, but it could also feature a commentator's nightmare if Lossiemouth – and Lossiemouth – both line up in the bet365 Select Hurdle.

The Mullins-trained Cheltenham Festival winner will be a strong favourite to beat her Polly Gundry-trained 129-rated rival of the same name in the Grade 2 event and is one of 38 entries Mullins has made at Sandown as he bids to win the British trainers' championship for the second time.

Simon Holt, who has been commentating for almost 40 years, said the race had the potential to throw up something "very, very rare". No race in Britain has featured two horses competing with the same name since an Irish-bred Averti took on a US-bred namesake in a conditions race at Yarmouth in 1994, with the pair finishing fifth and sixth. The same scenario occurred in Ireland three years ago when two Sierra Nevadas took on each other in a fillies' maiden at Gowran Park.

Holt said: "I haven't thought too much about it yet but my thinking is to call Polly Gundry's horse the other Lossiemouth and keep it as simple as that. I could look at going the Mullins Lossiemouth and the Gundry Lossiemouth but the other Lossiemouth might work best, if that's not too insulting.

Simon Holt: "I've never had anything like this before"Credit: Edward Whitaker

"I've never had anything like this before, unless I've forgotten, but the other commentators might have. We've had duplication and repeated names but it is very rare that they run against each other. The other quirky one I remember was the horse called George Baker, trained by George Baker, a few years ago."

Holt called home numerous Mullins and Dan Skelton winners as Plumpton proved a key battleground in the trainers' title over Easter weekend and he said Absurde was "possibly the best horse to have ever run at Plumpton" after his impressive win in the Sussex Champion Hurdle.

"Plumpton was great and the trainers' title certainly lifted the levels of interest," he added. "That said, there were a few mumbles of discontent about Mullins coming in and almost gatecrashing the title. There's plenty to think about around this.

"Sandown should be great on Saturday and a very fitting finale to the jumps season."

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