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Well Chief gave the partnership between Tony McCoy and Martin Pipe a boost with a victory over Irish challenger Kicking King in the Irish Independent Arkle Trophy.
It was only Well Chief's second race over fences, but his trainer won the Royal & Sun Alliance Chase with the similarly inexperienced Rolling Ball and this five-year-old proved well up to coping with this contest, his only notable jumping blemish coming when he overjumped at the fifth.
That error was a symptom of his keenness - both going down and in the race - but he was settled by McCoy - helped by the decent pace - and gradually crept closer before coming through to lead after two out. He soon went clear before idling slightly but held on bravely.
The 2003 Supreme Novices Hurdle second Kicking King showed himself at least as good a chaser with a very decent effort, always chasing the pace and keeping on well.
He coped well with these fences and is well up to winning another big novices' event this spring. Longer-term, he has a bright future when stepped up in trip - he shapes as though longer distances will suit.
1. Well Chief (A P McCoy) 9/1
2. Kicking King (B J Geraghty) 7/2
3. Le Duc (J Tizzard) 25/1
Following on from last year, we are delighted to announce that we are featuring horse racing tips from Channel Four Racing presenter, Tom Lee.
Tom appears on Channel 4's Morning Line & covers live Racing in the afternoon as well fronting RTE's Racing coverage in Ireland, his Cheltenham Festival Tips and previews of each day's Racing will be available during the Festival and supported with opinions and views from our Racing writers.
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We now have the latest bookmakers betting odds for the main Cheltenham Festival Races.
These odds are updated regularily to ensure that you in touch with all the market moves in the build up to the festival.
The four days of the Cheltenham Festival play host to a number of high quality races:
