Well-handicapped stayer can get the better of Tizzard favourite

Credit: Alan Crowhurst

32Red Desert Orchid Chase

2.20 Kempton

Sire De Grugy continues to defy the years and his ailments. After a cracking effort in an Ascot handicap he put it up to Un De Sceaux in the Tingle Creek Chase, in which five of the past nine winners finished 22F31. He defied the maximum penalty when taking the 2013 renewal.

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Gerald Delamere

Published on 26 December 2016inHorse racing tips

Last updated 21:08, 26 December 2016

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