Champ lives up to his name with storming comeback

“I thought I had no chance jumping the last, but three strides later I was starting to smell the money.”

Champ proved himself worthy of the name when coming from another parish to win the RSA Insurance Novices' Chase at Cheltenham today.

The Willie Mullins-trained Allaho and Henry De Bromhead’s Minella Indo were sent off the first and second favourite at odds of 5-2 and 3-1 respectively and the slick-jumping pair looked to have it between them for much of the contest.