JAIR TOPS TRIUMPH ENTRY Hot favourite Jair du Cochet headed 123 entries revealed today for the Elite Racing Club Triumph Hurdle in March. The Guillaume Macaire-trained gelding is quoted as short as 2-1 for the Cheltenham contest by Ladbrokes after his impressive victory at the course last Saturday. Other French entries include Bilboa (8-1), who chased him home in the Finale Junior Hurdle at Chepstow last month and whose trainer Francois Doumen won the prize with Snow Drop last year. Shortest-priced among the British team are stable-mates Pedro Pete and Jocko Glasses, whose trainer Nicky Henderson has won the four-year-old hurdlers` championship event with First Bout, Alone Success and Katarino. Most notable absentees form the field were Dermot Weld`s Curragh Cup winner Quality Team, who had been offered at 20-1 by Ladbrokes, and Len Lungo`s 33-1 shot Spirit Of Park, who was third behind the two French stars at Chepstow. Jocko Glasses is also among 139 horses put in the Gerrard Supreme Novices` Hurdle, a two-mile event which opens the National Hunt Festival on March 13, while 160 are engaged in the Royal & SunAlliance Novices` Hurdle.Ladbrokes betting: 2-1 Jair du Cochet, 8-1 Bilboa, 10-1 Pittsburgh Phil, 12-1 Jocko Glasses, 14-1 Pedro Pete, 20-1 Kadarran, Fruits Defendu, 25-1 bar.
