Veteran chaser always worth backing on first run of the season

Credit: Alan Crowhurst

Vieux Lion Rouge
3.55 Chepstow
1pt win at 13-2

Vieux Lion Rouge always runs his best races first time up each season and there is no reason to expect anything different in the Professor Caroline Tisdall Supports Heroic Jumpers Veterans' Handicap Chase at Chepstow (3.55).

Owned by the sponsor, Vieux Lion Rouge races off a 4lb lower mark than when second in the Becher Chase on his first start last season and the more rain that hits Chepstow the better his chances.

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Published on 11 October 2019inHorse racing tips

Last updated 09:54, 11 October 2019

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