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Chepstow, Tuesday
Coral Welsh National (Grade 3) 3m5½f, 4yo+
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LE BEAU BAI got the better of fellow front-runner Giles Cross in a stirring battle that lasted throughout the marathon race distance, winning for jockey Charlie Poste and trainer Richard Lee at 10-1.
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Winning jockey Poste said: "He was absolutely brilliant. He's been a fantastic servant to me and the yard. He was so brave today, brilliant. Before the race I spoke to the owners and picked out Giles Cross as the one to beat
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Lee, who trains on the Welsh borders added: "It's a race we've always wanted to win and it's all gone according to plan. I was just worried the ground wouldn't be soft enough for him. I was at Ffos Las yesterday and it rained all day, but it didn't here. It was soft enough and wasn't he brave.
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Kempton, Tuesday
Williamhill.com Desert Orchid Chase (Grade 2 ) 2m, 4yo+
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LEADING Champion Chase contender Finian's Rainbow made his first start of the season a winning one with an extraordinary victory in the Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton on Tuesday
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Paddy Power and William Hill shaved a point off Finian's Rainbow's Sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase odds to 7-1 and he will likely test his Cheltenham credentials in the Grade 1 Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot on January 21.
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Chepstow, Tuesday
Coral Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m ½f, 3yo
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HOLLOW TREE enjoyed the testing Chepstow conditions and produced a tremendous staying performance to make all under Timmy Murphy, running out a decisive winner on Tuesday
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Murphy said: “He's the gamest three-year-old I've ridden - he'll go to war for you. If the ground is soft at Cheltenham he could be a Triumph Hurdle horse.”
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