REVERENCE is on target in his bid to regain the Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock on Saturday week after missing last year's race through injury.

Trainer Eric Alston said: "He's in super order. He wasn't right at all last year, but he seems really back to himself so we're hopeful of a good run.

"He'll probably have a good gallop next week and then I'd have thought there'd be plenty of juice in the ground.

Alston was heartened by his stable star's last run at Chester when he finished a close third to Green Manalishi.

"It was a really good run at Chester last time. I think it was his best of the season so far," the trainer added.

The sponsors rate Reverence a 25-1 chance with a wide-open ante-post maket headed by 6-1 chances War Artist and Kingsgate Native.