Snowden backing You Wear It Well to make Warwick amends

Cheltenham Festival heroine You Wear It Well bids to open her account over fences at the second attempt in the eventmasters.co.uk Lady Godiva Mares’ Novices’ Chase at Warwick on Thursday.

The 2023 Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle winner was hot favourite to make a successful start over the larger obstacles in a Listed event at Bangor last month, but was reeled in on the run-in by Gordon Elliott’s Irish raider Shecouldbeanything, who has now won four of her six chase starts.

You Wear It Well gets another opportunity to secure Listed honours on Thursday and with 10lb in hand on official ratings, trainer Jamie Snowden is hoping she will prove hard to beat.

“It was a nice first run. She was arguably unlucky not to win and she just got touched off by a more experienced rival,” he said.

“I thought she jumped really well that day, she was bit keen early but she’s come on for the run and is jumping really nicely at home.

“This looks the right race for her and we’re looking forward to it.”

You Wear It Well’s rivals include Dan Skelton’s Cherie d’Am, El Elefante for Lucinda Russell and the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained Smiling Getaway.

The latter won over hurdles at Warwick in January and is out to make it two from two over fences following an October success at Ffos Las.

Willy Twiston-Davies, assistant to his father, said: “I think she’s always a bit overpriced, fences were always going to be her forte.

“She jumped brilliantly at Ffos Las and it looks like it’s going to be perfect conditions at Warwick.

“Strictly on the ratings it looks like she might be up against it, but we think there’s a lot of improvement to come from her over fences.

“The main thing is hopefully we can get some more black type for her.”