Ballynagour ready for Hennessy test David Pipe expects Ballynagour to run with honour in the Hennessy Gold Cup Chase at Newbury on Saturday - as long as his stamina holds out. The eight-year-old claimed the Byrne Group Plate at the Cheltenham Festival in March and was last seen finishing second to Sizing Europe at Punchestown a month later. Ballynagour has, however, never been campaigned over the Hennessy's extended three-and-a-quarter-mile trip so will be taking a shot into the unknown. The Nicholashayne handler told www.davidpipe.com: "Ballynagour will be carrying the hopes of Pond House. "He seems very well at home and Tom Scudamore was in schooling him the other day. "Fingers crossed our Festival winner, if getting the trip, should run well."
