DALY DELIVERY; Possol could be a Hennessy possible.

Byline: Garry Owen

POSSOL threw his cap into the Hennessy Gold Cup ring after bolting up in the pounds 35,000 stanjames.com Festival Chase at Perth yesterday.

Richard Johnson coasted the Henry Daly-trained six-year-old into the lead turning for home and the 7-4 fav put old battler Ollie Magern to the sword.

This was only Shropshire-based Daly's sixth runner at the course in five years, and with the 660-mile round trip paying off he said: "We have had one or two winners here in the past, and we came this time for the prize money and of course the (weight) conditions of the race suited us.

"He just had a blip at Cheltenham (when unplaced in the William Hill Trophy), the race came a bit too soon for him after the Racing Post Chase, he had a hard race in that.

" He seemed in good order so here we are, good ground makes all the difference to him, he won't go in the soft and if the ground is right we will have to think about the Hennessy in the autumn."

Gone To Lunch is unlikely to line up in tomorrow's Bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown following his sterling effort in the Scottish Grand National.

The nine-year-old has enjoyed a productive season, having won three times, and lost little in defeat at Ayr as he went down by just half a length to Hello Bud - to whom he was conceding upwards of a stone in weight.

Master Minded looks set to line up at the Punchestown Festival next week after connections decided to supplement him for Tuesday's Kerrygold Champion Chase.

The six-year-old won his second Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival last month and Paul Nicholls had been mulling over whether to run his charge again.

Nicholls said: "We would have liked to have gone to Sandown but it doesn't look like there is going to be enough rain before the weekend."

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ON EASY STREET: Richard Johnson and Possol stream home at Perth yesterday.