Well Chief in charge

Martin Pipe (pictured) and principal owner David Johnson will be sorting out their Cheltenham candidates over the next few weeks and Well Chief can give them food for thought by winning the Orchard Restaurant Novices’ Chase at Taunton tomorrow.

Beaten by a head when second in last season’s JCB Triumph Hurdle, Well Chief won a Grade Two race over timber at Wincanton in November and has entries in both the Smurfit Champion Hurdle and the Irish Independent Arkle Chase.