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Casino Beacon > Online Casinos > New Casino Bonuses > Bonus Archive 31 October 2008 Kauto Favourite For Jnwine Champion Chase The 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Kauto Star heads a list of 5 horses that have stood their ground at the 24 hour declaration stage for tomorrow's JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal. Paul Nicholls charge will be aiming to reestablish himself as the dominant staying chaser after losing his crown to his stable mate Denman in last season's Gold Cup. Bookies William Hill have installed the eight year old as their 1-2 favourite for three mile contest, and make the Clive Smith owned gelding a 7-2 chance to regain his Gold Cup crown at the Cheltenham Festival in March. The Listener, who unshipped Daryl Jacob at the third fence in last year's race, is the second favourite for this year's renewal. The Nick Mitchell trained grey seems to enjoy his trips to the Emerald Isle - having previously won the 2006 Lexus Chase, 2007 John Durkan and the 2008 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup. Hills make the nine year old ia 3-1 chance to win his fourth Grade 1 contest in Ireland at Down Royal tomorrow. Knight Legend, Turpin Green and Light On The Broom complete the five runner field. William Hill's Irish spokesman Tony Kenny commented: "If you were going on official ratings then this race would be a no contest. The Kauto Star that we saw during the 2007 season would have hacked up in a race like this, but the two consecutive defeats that he suffered last season - have taken away the air of invincibility that once surrounded Paul Nicholls' charge." "We opened up betting on the JNwine.com Champion Chase on Tuesday and to be honest trade has been very slow on the race. Punters seem to be undecided about whether or not they should take the short odds on Kauto, and at this moment in time The Listener is the biggest loser in our book." |
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