Love a big handicap and Haydock's Swinton Hurdle is just that - Dougie Costello is a seriously underated jockey IMO particularly when riding for gambling yards and he teams up with Tim Vaughan today to partner the ex-Irish Ruler Of All an easy winner of a Maiden Hurdle at Thurles on his second outing for Edward O'Grady back in February 2011 from the NTO graded hurdle winner Little Green (now rated 126). ROA went on to score again in March that year by a narrow margin from the useful Organisedconfusion, he's had just the one start for Tim Vaughan at Newbury back in December when under top weight and partnered by Aidan Coleman he travelled well enough prior to weakening 2 out and eventually pulling up. He wore first time blinkers for his Thurles win and again for his Gowran novices victory whilst they were left off at Newbury and the headgear is back on again today in the shape of a visor (didn't wear this on the flat either), the 4lb drop from Newbury will also help and he handles ground with cut as seen with his two wins in Ireland, at 40/1 he looks a cracking E/W bet to me.
Martin