Coneygree camp lean towards Cheltenham Gold Cup

Connections of Coneygree are leaning towards running him in the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday rather than in the RSA Chase tomorrow.

Trainer Mark Bradstock admitted it was ground conditions, rather than the opposition, that would be the main factor in influencing the final decision as to which race to run his classy novice chaser, who is unbeaten in all of his three starts over fences.

That is likely to be made this morning, when declarations are made for the RSA, while the deadline for the Gold Cup is tomorrow morning.