Mate has Exeter date

Best Mate is set to make his eagerly-awaited reappearance in the William Hill Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter on November 1.

Mate has Exeter date
Sun, 11 Sep, 2005 - 15:08

Best Mate is set to make his eagerly-awaited reappearance in the William Hill Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter on November 1.

Trainer Henrietta Knight has picked out the extended two-mile-one-furlong contest as the perfect starting point for the triple Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, but he will be dropping back to a trip he has not tackled since winning the race in 2001.

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