TRAINER Harry Fry is praying for rain to allow Unowhatimeanharry to make his seasonal reappearance in the coming weeks.

Snapped up by leading owner JP McManus after completing a five-timer in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, the eight-year-old was due to make his comeback in the West Yorkshire Hurdle at Wetherby on Saturday.

However, Fry decided against an appearance due to the unseasonably quick ground.

He said: “We’re just waiting on the rain to come and the ground to change. After missing Wetherby we thought about running in France this weekend, but he won’t go there.

“There’s also a race at Aintree on Saturday, but we’re not even going to enter him a looking at the weather forecast, it doesn’t look like it’s going to change much.

“It’s a bit frustrating as he is ready to run, but we know he likes to get his toe in and we’ll just have to sit tight.’’

Whataknight gained his first success over fences at Hereford on Monday for the Seaborough handler.

Fry said on his website: “He won as an odds-on shot should do though it was a bit surprising to see him jumping to the left at times as he tended to go right at Ffos Las on his previous outing. Whataknight joined us last season after winning five point-to-points so his jumping isn’t really a concern. He showed a willing attitude in winning a long distance handicap hurdle at Haydock in May and I’m hopeful he will make a better chaser.”