Dodging Bullets ready to fire at Newbury

Dodging Bullets remains on course to make his belated reappearance in next month’s Betfair Price Rush Chase at Newbury.

The eight-year-old was the undoubted star of the two-mile chasing division last season for champion trainer Paul Nicholls, winning the Tingle Creek at Sandown and Ascot’s Clarence House Chase before completing his hat-trick in the Queen Mother at Cheltenham.

He has not been seen in competitive action since his Festival triumph last March, but is nearing a comeback.