Rubaud and Colonel Mustard are set to clash again in the Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton on Saturday, having finished first and second in last season’s Scottish Champion Hurdle.

Rubaud and Colonel Mustard are set to clash again in the Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton on Saturday, having finished first and second in last season’s Scottish Champion Hurdle.

Lorna Fowler may train in Ireland, yet she is a fiercely proud Scot and would like nothing better than to win one of the biggest races north of the border, starting with Saturday’s Coral Scottish Champion Hurdle at Ayr.

Lorna Fowler remains “hopeful” stable star Colonel Mustard will be fit for next week’s Cheltenham Festival despite suffering an overreach in the Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso on Saturday.

Lorna Fowler has not ruled Colonel Mustard out of next week's Cheltenham Festival, despite the eight-year-old suffering an overreach in the Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso on Saturday.