THE hunter chase division is certainly stacking up of late with a number of highly-rated track recruits receiving a hunter certificate, with no fewer than three horses that ran in last season’s Aintree Grand National featuring on the same week’s list of hunter certificates recently.

Ucello Conti is perhaps the most interesting of the trio, with Gordon Elliott’s 10-year-old having been strongly fancied for what has his third start in the Aintree spectacular, before parting company with Daryl Jacob at the fourth last.