Tuesday’s racing round-up brings news of potential Aintree targets for Home By The Lee and The Real Whacker…

Joseph O'Brien has revealed he will aim Home Home By The Lee at the Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree next month after his unlucky trip to the Cheltenham Festival. The thriving ten-year-old had looked better than ever this season winning both the Lismullen Hurdle at Navan and the Savills Hurdle at Leopardstown and was subsequently sent off a 13/2 chance for the Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle last Thursday. However, things never went to plan for the Joseph O'Brien-trained stayer as he was bought down by the falling Crambo after the fifth hurdle.

The The Real Whacker will be targeted at the Aintree Bowl after he was scratched from the Randox Grand National on Tuesday afternoon. Despite making a significant error at the first fence, Patrick Neville's stable star emerged with plenty of credit when finishing fifth in last week's Cheltenham Gold Cup and connections are now eyeing another big day out at Aintree.

Tom Dascombe's talented juvenile hurdler Hot Fuss will return to the flat, with the Frenchmans Lodge Stables-based handler looking forward to having a crack at the Chester Cup. The four-year-old, who scored on the flat at Southwell last month, produced a solid effort back over hurdles to finish fourth in the Fred Winter at the Cheltenham Festival last week.

Amy Murphy enjoyed her first winner since making the permanent switch to France when Pride Of America proved too strong in the Prix Eugénie de Montijo at Fontainebleau. The talented eight-year-old, who placed second twice in Listed company in England in 2023, made all of the running under an aggressive Mickael Barzalona ride to score by a length.

Jamie Snowden has revealed that Wendigo will be given a break before returning for a novice chase campaign next season. The talented staying hurdler finished runner-up behind subsequent Turners' Novice Hurdle winner The New Lion in the Challow at Newbury over Christmas and he once again proved he was a high-class prospect when fifth Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham.