The selection looks the best equipped of the five runners for a race in which speed as well as stamina will be necessary
The big names, and only the big names, have turned up for Haydock’s Betfair Chase but plenty of recent rain would have made it more competitive. As it is, Might Bite (3.00) looks easily the best equipped of the five runners for a race in which speed as well as stamina will be necessary.
Bristol De Mai outslogged his rivals a year ago, while endurance was the quality that won Native River his Gold Cup. But a surface that is mainly good and drying out should play to the strengths of Might Bite, whose two spring Grade One wins at Aintree suggest these conditions will suit.
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