Dean Ivory has fitness reservations about Chelmsford-bound Lancelot Du Lac

Dean Ivory has warned that Lancelot Du Lac is likely be in need of the run at Chelmsford on Thursday as he takes the first step towards making a third appearance on All-Weather Championships Finals Day.The seven-year-old will attempt to give upwards of 8lb to his five rivals in a five-furlong handicap at the Essex track on what will be his first start since finishing last in a Group Three at Sandown in July. Lancelot Du Lac finished a respective second and eighth in the last two renewals of the All-Weather Sprint Championships on Finals Day, and will once again be aimed at that six-furlong dash at Lingfield on Good Friday. Ivory said: "He is probably going to need it (the run) at Chelmsford as he has been off for a while and he is giving a lot of weight away, but we have got to start him somewhere. "We had a bit of a bug in the yard last year and we just gave him more time off as he is more of an all-weather horse."He has just taken a bit longer to get ready. And as he is getting a bit older, I don't want to rush him as he is not just an old selling plater."The plan is to get him qualified for the sprint final again and I think he would have won it last year with a better draw."