Noble Yeats team anticipating 'proper race' in Cotswold heat

The Grand National hero faces genuine Gold Cup quality opposition this weekend with Betfair Chase winner Protektorat and a previous King George winner in Frodon in opposition

GOLD CUP CONTENDER: Noble Yeats and Sean Bowen, right, race away from the final fence to win the Boylesports Many Clouds Chase at Aintree last month. Picture: Healy Racing

Sean Bowen believes the Paddy Power Cotswold Chase will inform connections of exactly where they stand with Noble Yeats.

Bowen, second in the championship standings behind Brian Hughes, picked up the ride one Emmet Mullins' stable star after Sam Waley-Cohen quit in fairytale circumstances following his Grand National last April.