Houdini bids for Troytown Glory Operation Houdini will try to improve on his second place 12 months ago when he lines up for Sunday's Troytown Handicap Chase at Navan. The seven-year-old, trained by Davy Fitzgerald, found Notre Pere a length too good in the three-mile contest last November. That horse went on to land the Coral Welsh National for his trainer Jim Dreaper and Fitzgerald has next month's Chepstow marathon in mind for the Saddlers' Hall gelding. "We're looking forward to it. He won over hurdles last time, as was expected. He had no weight on his back," said the County Limerick handler. "He's got plenty of weight, but he was unlucky last year. He ran a cracker and hopefully he will go one better, but it won't be easy. There's no place to hide, so we have to take our chance. "He's fit and well and the next time you'll see him will be in the Welsh National, hopefully."
