IT is a pity that Valtor has come out of today’s Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock. The performance that Nicky Henderson’s horse put up in winning the Silver Cup at Ascot just before Christmas, on his 51st run, but his first for Nicky Henderson, was quite astonishing. It would have been interesting to see if he could do something similar off a mark of 160, 12lb higher than his Silver Cup rating. If he had been able to repeat the feat, he would have been a real live Gold Cup contender.