Night And Day enters Mares' Chase picture with all to play for in a substandard year

With lots of racing falling victim to the weather, the jumps action has been limited following a busy festive period. Just one race went ahead at Naas on Sunday, the mares' beginners' chase, but it was not without significance and resulted in a career-high Racing Post Rating of 141 for the winner Night And Day.

This was the seven-year-old's second run over fences and she emerged from the fog to wallop Brandy Love (127) by ten lengths. The runner-up was performing to the same level as on her chase debut. 

Night And Day was consequently trimmed in price to around 20-1 (from 50-1 generally) for the Mares' Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, a race that at this stage looks to be lacking some depth.