Parrott pins hopes on Prince (From Malvern Gazette)

Parrott pins hopes on Prince

10:59am Friday 8th March 2013 in Sport

REDMARLEY owner and trainer Hilary Parrott hopes Wayward Prince can produce his best as a major outsider for the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup next Friday.

A novice Prestbury Park winner in 2010, the nine-year-old was only beaten by a length when third in the RSA Chase at the 2011Festival.

This season, Wayward Prince was second to Silviniaco Conti in the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby before landing a Listed contest at Aintree.

He was pulled up in Cheltenham’s Argento Chase but Parrott blamed that disappointing display on the ground conditions.

She said: “The Gold Cup is the plan, everything seems to be OK at the moment. The ground’s been dreadful. He doesn’t go on soft ground.

“We’ve been struggling to get a run into him because it’s been so wet everywhere, but he has done plenty of work.”

Wayward Prince is as high as 100-1 to land the top prize.