Glory days for in-form Barnes as Hope springs eternal

When a trainer is in form it's worth keeping an eye on all their runners – even rank outsiders who are 13lb out of the weights.

Hope For Glory's chance looked less than obvious in the 2m½f handicap chase yet he was backed into 25-1 (from 50) and scored by a ready four lengths under Stephen Mulqueen.

Cumbrian trainer Maurice Barnes has had two winners, two seconds and a third from his last six runners and said: "The horses are going well – long may it continue.