Transcend On Song Tony Dobbin has visited Howard Johnson´s yard to school Lord Transcend ahead of the grey´s return to action in the Tommy Whittle Handicap Chase at Haydock on Saturday. The lightly-raced eight-year-old will be having his first run since thrashing First Gold by 10 lengths at the Merseyside track in January. 'I went to Howard´s on Tuesday morning and I sat on Lord Transcend, schooled him over a few fences and he seems very well in himself,' Dobbin told At The Races. 'He jumped really well and he looked a picture so the plan is he goes there. 'He won his novice chase and then got injured which meant he had a season off before coming back for last year. He is a brittle horse and Howard does the right thing by running him when he should.' Lord Transcend is unbeaten in two starts at Haydock and is a 33-1 chance for the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup, although Dobbin feels conditions there could be against him. 'He won the Peter Marsh Chase on heavy ground and he makes very soft ground look like good ground,' added the jockey. 'For him to win a Gold Cup it would have to be very soft and there are plenty of other good races to be won.'(C) PA Sport
