Red-hot Poker comes up trumps for Katie

Poker De Sivola showed bags of stamina to claim the 140th Year of the National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup – the opening race on day two of the Cheltenham Festival.

Red-hot Poker comes up trumps for Katie
Wed, 17 Mar, 2010 - 14:00

Poker De Sivola showed bags of stamina to claim the 140th Year of the National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup – the opening race on day two of the Cheltenham Festival.

Sent off a 14-1 shot under Katie Walsh, the seven-year-old was already under pressure after the second-last as Nina Carberry kicked for home on Becauseicouldntsee.

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