Dempsey to deliver

DEMPSEY is strongly fancied to make handsome amends for his Champion Chase disappointment when he lines up in the William Hill Gold Cup Chase at Exeter today.

Having found only Tysou too strong when carrying a big weight in last season’s Victor Chandler at Sandown, the progressive eight-year-old was not unfancied at 14-1 when thrown in at the deep end at the Cheltenham Festival.

He got no further than the third on that occasion, however, as he had the misfortune to cannon into Kauto Star after the Paul Nicholls-trained favourite hit the turf.

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