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Drying ground to boost Brook bid

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727741822.jpgAshley Brook's bid to win the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase has been boosted by the drying ground at Cheltenham.

Trainer Kevin Bishop knows that overturning his stable-star's emphatic defeat by Well Chief on a very heavy surface at Newbury last month is no easy task, but he believes the nine-year-old wasn't his normal exuberant self on that occasion.

"I thought we ran about a stone below form last time out, but we're not making any excuses as Well Chief was very good and had more in the tank. I think Ashley Brook is probably at his most impressive on better ground," revealed Bishop.

Ashley Brook, a courageous one-length second to Contraband at the 2005 Festival in the 2m Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy, went on to gain deserved compensation for that heart-breaking reverse by thrashing War Of Attrition in Aintree's Grade 1 John Smith's Maghull Chase.

Well Chief remains a red-hot favourite for the Champion Chase in the Betfair market at 2.5, while Ashley Brook is currently fifth best at 17.5 for the showpiece two-mile thriller, which has always been regarded as one of the highlights of the four-day meeting.

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