Richard Johnson is looking for Balthazar King to provide him with big-race wins on successive Saturdays.
The jockey steered Beshabar to victory in the Scottish National at Ayr at the weekend and now has his eyes on the last big-race of the jumps season, the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown.
"Balthazar King won the other day at Cheltenham and now he's got in the handicap proper I'd think he'd have a great chance. The way he stayed on at Cheltenham up the hill there you'd hope he'd get the three mile, five furlongs," said Johnson.
Balthazar King, trained by Johnson's main retainer Philip Hobbs, is set to carry 10st 11lb after the weights went up 18lb at the five-day confirmation stage following the expected defection of the Paul Nicholls-trained duo of Kauto Star and What A Friend.
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