David Menuisier has challenged Psychotic to go the distance at Beverley on Tuesday as the West Sussex trainer tries to win the Watt Memorial Handicap for a second consecutive year.
Menuisier claimed the big staying race – now in its 132nd year – 12 months ago with Corpus Chorister, who, like Psychotic, is owned by Clive Washbourn.
David Menuisier is optimistic Corpus Chorister can give the West Sussex trainer a first winner of the year when she runs at Beverley on Tuesday.
Highly-rated Menuisier has endured a painful few months after a virus forced the temporary closure of his Pulborough yard.
Beverley’s two-day fixture starts on Friday night with a six-race card featuring a novice event for two-year-olds over five furlongs. Although the race has attracted only four runners, it does include Quite A Thing, trained by Sir Mark Prescott, who looked very impressive on her first start at Lingfield when she won by no less than eight lengths. Alenjandro, trained by Richard Fahey, looks the main threat and has run…