Sprinter Sacre's brother keeps up family honour with comfortable Kempton win
When your brother is Sprinter Sacre expectations will naturally be high but Flinteur Sacre took it all in his stride when cruising to victory in the concluding bumper at Kempton.
Sent off the 4-9 favourite under Barry Geraghty, the man on board for many of Sprinter Sacre's greatest moments, he put in an impressive performance to put four lengths and three-quarters between himself and runner-up Le Bateau.
Trainer Nicky Henderson, who ruled out the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham, said: "It's rather nice to know that brothers can try and emulate their brothers! We brought him out quite quickly since his first run as he's been crazy wild at home.
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