Sub Lieutenant takes on Melling mission Sub Lieutenant features in a field of nine for the JLT Melling Chase at Aintree on Friday. Henry de Bromhead's charge got to within a length and a half of Un De Sceaux in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham on his most recent appearance. The Colin Tizzard-trained Fox Norton finished with a rattle to be beaten just a head by Special Tiara in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Festival and steps up in trip. Last year's winner God's Own, who threw away his chance in the Queen Mother with two bad blunders, will aim for back-to-back wins for Tom George. Alan King's Uxizandre will be reunited with Barry Geraghty as he looks to put behind him a disappointing seventh place in the Ryanair . Kerry Lee runs both Kylemore Lough and Top Gamble, while Nicky Henderson is represented by Josses Hill. The Philip Hobbs-trained Royal Regatta and Gary Moore's Traffic Fluide complete the field.
