New backer for Champion Chase

ONLINE bookmakers sportingbet.com are to sponsor the Queen Mother Champion Chase for the next five years.

Sat, 01 Jan, 2011 - 00:00

Keith Hamer

They replace Seasons Holidays who were first backers of the two-mile showpiece from 2007.

Sportingbet now take over and will support the race from 2011 until at least 2015. It is the feature contest on day two of the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday, March 16.

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