British racing preview: Altior absence opens door for Politologue

Champion Chase hero can win his second Tingle Creek today 
British racing preview: Altior absence opens door for Politologue

Altior and Nico de Boinville with owner Patricia Pugh after winning The Win Bigger On The Betfair Exchange Chase

As was the case in the Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, the late absence of Altior has opened the door for Politologue to win the Betfair Tingle Creek, the headline act at Sandown today.

Today was supposed to be the day Altior re-established him as the king of the two-mile chasing division but last night Nicky Henderson dropped a bombshell when announcing the son of High Chaparral won’t run this afternoon due to testing ground conditions.

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