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The best chaser in training returns … ;)
A joy to watch. Well Chief coming upsides Ashley Brook was the moment of the season for me.
Good to see him back and winning like that.
7/4 for Cheltenham appears a bit short though.
He won’t be 7/4 on the day. Looks to retain all his ability. That puts him a stone ahead of everyone else so looks a morre than fair price to me.
Actually think 7/4 looks a great price!! Wonderful horse reminding us of how brilliant the "trio" were a couple of years back. Great training performance as well.
It was some performance today, and I certaily wouldnt like to lay much 7/4 to be honest, especially if you take the veiw that Well Chief may not have been fully wound up today.
Whilst some of the interest was taken out wih VPU coming down, it has to be suspected that he wouldnt have got near to WC anyway, especially conceding 10lb. For VPU to have won that, believe he would have had to run to something like 175+, I I dont hve him down as being that good.
With an owner that likes a bet, there is no way the horse would have been so strong in the market if he wasn’t 100% fit today in my opinion.
i’m not so sure DJ, theres fit and then there is Pipe fit (if you know what I mean).
Listening to the reports earlier in the week (if you believe them) DJ seemed more keen to head to Cheltenham, but opted to get some racecouse work back into him.<br>
To my very amateur eye he looked a bit less fit than most of the others in the paddock ( i backed sporazene :( ) which i suppose we should expect
Nothing else to say other than that was one of the highlights of the season
I really hope everything goes smoothly in training for Well Chief between now and Cheltenham. He deserves to have his name alongside Moscow Flyer & Azertyuiop as a Champion Chase winner.
No matter how fit they might have got him at home he wouldnt have been 100%. The fact that he won on the bridle means that we can’t really be sure how fit he was……… if push came to shove he may have blew up close home, we don’t know.
That race will put him spot on for Chelters and he should be very hard to beat, although if Voy Por hadn’t have fallen would he and Well Chief fought it out today?
That is my only doubt because we are yet to see the two together and Voy Por’s jumping is usually good.
Stormont I would think that Well Chief had Voy Por ustedes well covered. Having said that you cannot forget the weight turn around at Cheltenham. Did anyone back Well Chief antepost before this race? I’ve got a antepost bet on VPU but I think Well Chief is going to be difficult to beat in the Champion now.
I thought i was being clever when i checked the champion chase market when Well Chief was about 4lengths behind Ashley Brook…………. but unfortunetly i wasn’t the only one and everyone had snapped up everything down to about 2/1…..
Bet the layers were too busy cancelling their lays to watch the race closely :biggrin:
Good to see class prevail. Well Chief cruising up to Ashley Brook (who had set a searching pace) with the rest nowhere was one of the sights of the season for me.<br>The Pipes had made statements to the effect that the horse may have needed the race, but since when did they send anything to the races that wasn’t pretty straight? WC was mixing it with Azerty and Moscow Flyer a couple of years ago and that form is different class to anything that has passed since. VPU was taking advantage of weight concessions last season and Newmill beat what was IMO a modest bunch ,though some reckon he is underestimated. Can’t be ideal for that one being on the floor in its prep race either.<br>WC was well in at the weights today and fitness wasn’t going to stop it, not retaining enough ability or the leg injury not holding up were the threats.<br>Let’s hope he is sound in the morning and goes on to deservedly win the Champion.<br>There are people who reckon he will "bounce" though and that AB devalued the form by "bouncing" today !
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