Elliott looking for Cossack improvement Gordon Elliott believes Don Cossack will have to raise his game if he is to claim victory in the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse on Sunday. After three brilliant displays in the bumper sphere, the six-year-old was expected to take high rank in the novice hurdling division last term, but failed to make a significant impact. The giant gelding was always likely to fair better over the larger obstacles, however, and after making a winning debut over fences at Galway, he pushed Morning Assembly all the way in a thrilling Grade Two prize at Punchestown a fortnight ago. Elliott is keeping his fingers crossed his pride and joy can find the necessary progress to claim Grade One honours this weekend. "He seems to have come out of his last run well. He just got touched off by a Grade One winner, so he hasn't done a lot wrong," said the trainer. "I think he'll have to improve again to be winning on Sunday, so we'll see what happens. We're happy with him at home." Gigginstown House Stud have a second runner in Road To Riches, who won his only start over fences at Naas. His trainer Noel Meade said: "He's in good form and we've been happy with him since Naas, so all is well. It looks a very good race and we just have to hope he's up to this level. We'll find out on Sunday, anyway." Sizing Rio has won his first two starts over fences, at Tipperary and Cork, and deserves the chance to test his powers at the highest level. Trainer Henry de Bromhead said: "We're going up into a Grade One now, so we'll see where we stand, but he seems in good form. The ground is nice and we're happy to let him take his chance. "He won a Grade Three over hurdles and is still only a five-year-old, so he is still very young horse. I don't want to rush him as he has already achieved quite a bit in a short space of time." Also on a hat-trick is Art Of Logistics, but trainer Dessie Hughes is under no illusions about the task in hand. Hughes said: "He's in the deep end now but he goes there in great shape. The track will suit him and the ground is in his favour, so it's just a question of whether he's good enough. We'll find out on Sunday." The six-runner field is completed by John Kiely's Galway Plate hero Carlingford Lough and likely outsider Clar Na Mionn.
