Long Run back in business

Long Run gained his first win since the 2012 King George VI Chase when landing the odds in the Ivan Straker Memorial Chase at Kelso yesterday.

Long Run back in business
Fri, 14 Feb, 2014 - 00:00
Colin Wilson

That was his second success in the Christmas highlight and he also won the biggest prize in the game, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, in 2011 but his star has been on the wane this season.

Well beaten at Wetherby and Haydock, he would have finished third at best in the King George but for unseating Sam Waley-Cohen at the final fence.

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