Michael Bell feels Wigmore Hall is the ideal type for the John Smith's Cup at York today.
Although the High Chaparral gelding is the only three-year-old in the highly-prized heritage handicap, the Newmarket trainer believes his charge has plenty going for him.
"He's the only three-year-old in the race so it will be interesting to see how he gets on taking on the older horses, but he's due to go up 7lb for his run at Ascot so in theory he's quite well in," said Bell.
"The race should be tailor-made for him. There should be a decent pace, he likes a big field and he gets the trip well, so we've got to be hopeful of a very good run."
Bell explained the decision to give the plum ride to an apprentice, Martin Lane.
"When the owner (Mark Hawtin) won the Northumberland Plate (in 2007) with Juniper Girl, we used a 3lb apprentice (Luke Morris) that day and it worked, so we are using the same formula," he added.
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