No if, buts or maybes, Might Bite is a serious racehorse
James Burn talks to connections of the wayward RSA winner
He may not be the most straightforward, but there is no doubt Might Bite, who won last week's RSA Novices' Chase in the most dramatic of manners, has some engine under his muscular frame.
That was seen to best effect when he was blitzing the field in the Kauto Star Novices' Chase at Kempton on King George day over Christmas only to crash out at the last with the race all but his.
A confidence-booster at Doncaster followed before Might Bite, trained by Nicky Henderson, produced one of the Cheltenham Festival's most remarkable performances.
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