Pearlysteps has options

Henry Daly has still to decide if Pearlysteps will run at Ascot this weekend or wait for the Racing Plus Chase at Kempton the following week.

Ascot or Kempton for Daly charge

Henry Daly has still to decide if Pearlysteps will run at Ascot this weekend or wait for the Racing Plus Chase at Kempton the following week. Last seen finishing a gallant second to According To Pete in the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock, the Shropshire handler felt it would be unfair on the horse to go back to Merseyside for the Grand National Trial this weekend. He had also endured a gruelling race first time out this season at that track when he fell at the last in the Tommy Whittle. "He'll either go to Ascot for a three-mile limited handicap this weekend or wait for the Racing Plus Chase at Kempton," said Daly. "I decided against the Grand National Trial this week. "I just felt that he'd already had two very hard races around Haydock this season and to take him back for a third time might just break his heart."