Grand National hero Noble Yeats returns to action in Prix Heros XII Chase at Auteuil with James Reveley booked
Grand National winner Noble Yeats to make seasonal reappearance in Grade Three Prix Heros XII Chase at Auteuil on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Racing at 2.50pm; James Reveley takes the ride on Robert Waley-Cohen's star
Wednesday 12 October 2022 17:40, UK
James Reveley will take the plum ride on Grand National winner Noble Yeats when he makes his seasonal return for trainer Emmet Mullins at Auteuil on Saturday.
With amateur Sam Waley-Cohen ending his career in fairytale fashion, riding the family-owned 50/1 winner of the Aintree showpiece with his last ride at Aintree in April, Reveley - twice crowned champion jockey in France and again leading the standings - will be aboard the seven-year-old as he lines up in the Grade Three Prix Heros XII Chase, live on Sky Sports Racing.
Noble Yeats will take on 12 rivals in the two-and-three-quarter-mile chase, with all roads leading to a return to Aintree.
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Sam's father and Noble Yeats' owner, Robert Waley-Cohen said: "We are all very happy, he is in good form and arriving at Auteuil today (Wednesday).
"James Reveley will be schooling him, probably on Friday, and he gets the ride on Saturday if all goes well.
"It is an intermediate distance at 4,400 metres, so dramatically different from the National, but the ground is appropriate, and it is a good race in which he gets no penalties, because they don't count handicaps, and it is a nice place to start our season. There is enough in our favour.
"His next race, depending on how he goes on Saturday, will be a race where we can find out whether he is just a very fine handicapper or the potential to be a good distance horse.
"Obviously, you have to work backwards from the National, don't you?"
