Chance happy with City

River City delighted connections as he continued his Cheltenham Festival preparations with an encouraging third place on his Flat debut at Wolverhampton.

Fri, 03 Mar, 2006 - 15:20

River City delighted connections as he continued his Cheltenham Festival preparations with an encouraging third place on his Flat debut at Wolverhampton.

The Noel Chance-trained nine-year-old is being aimed at the Queen Mother Champion Chase, but had not raced for 300 days prior to lining up for the first division of the First Past The Post At Betdirect Maiden Stakes.

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