CHELTENHAM: Sit back and enjoy Champion Chase spectacle

For many backing a winner is what racing is all about, but at Cheltenham today it is a case of sitting back and enjoying one of the true superstars of the National Hunt scene, Sprinter Sacre, in the Sportingbet Queen Mother Champion Chase.

He is set to go off at very prohibitive odds, but that is irrelevant, as we get to see a horse that has greatly captured the public’s imagination.

His record over fences is impeccable, played seven and won seven. Barry Geraghty’s charge goes from strength to strength, jumps for fun and seems to have an extraordinary cruising speed.