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02 March 2007 /
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Carl Llewellyn has never won the Weatherbys Champion Bumper as a jockey, but the 41-year-old is determined to put that right in his first full season as a trainer.
Llewellyn has made a blistering start in his new role and could saddle no fewer than four fancied contenders in the richly-endowed National Hunt Flat race at the Cheltenham Festival.
Llewellyn's Den Of Iniquity, unbeaten in two starts, is the shortest-priced of the home-trained defence at 12.5.
But the two-time Grand National winning jockey also has Debauchery (29), Three Guesses (38) and Kid Charlemagne (160) among the 59 entries, which were announced on Friday.
The Befair market is currently headed by one of 21 Irish contenders, the Jessica Harrington-trained Cork All Star, who won at Cheltenham in November.
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