Kalahari King Champion Chase Chance?
Champion Hurdle, Day One | NiallHogan | January 12, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Ferdy Murphy believes Kalahari King deserves his chance in the Champion Chase at the 2010 Cheltenham Festival, finishing second in both the Arkle and the Celebration Chase.
Kalahari King, who is (8/1) for the 2010 Champion Chase, is on course to make his seasonal reappearance at Doncaster next month.
The nine-year-old enjoyed a superb campaign as a novice chaser, finishing second in the Arkle Trophy, winning a Grade One at Aintree before chasing home Twist Magic in the Celebration Chase at Sandown.
His return to action has been delayed by a splint problem, but trainer Ferdy Murphy is delighted with his current condition.
The Flying Scotsman Handicap Chase at Doncaster on February 6 remains his comeback target.
Graham (Lee) is very happy with where he is at the moment, although obviously we need to get some more good work to him in the next week or so”, said Murphy.
The Doncaster race is very much the plan for him at this stage and we’ve still got a month to go until then so hopefully he’ll be ready to go.
It’s probably not the ideal race for him but we have to get him out somewhere and we’ll take it from there.
Long-term, Murphy is keen to let his French import line up in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.
We’d like to have a go at the Champion Chase and he’s entitled to have a go,” the trainer continued.
There have been one or two chinks in one or two of the others and it often works out that way.
We can just sit back and work away and we’ll see what happens.
He’s been second in an Arkle, second in a Celebration Chase and won a Grade One, so he deserves his chance.
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mm agreed with this King looks a cracking bet