Chief Dan George gears up for Festival run (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Chief Dan George gears up for Festival run

9:11am Tuesday 15th March 2011 in Sport

CARTMEL based racehorse Chief Dan George is bidding to defend his Handicap Chase crown at the Cheltenham Festival this afternoon, Tuesday.

The Chief was a 33-1 winner in the William Hill Trophy Handicap Chase last year for trainer Jimmy Moffatt, and he is priced at 25-1 for glory in today's 2.40pm showdown.

Moffatt is getting The Chief ready for a crack at the Grand National at Aintree next month and you can be sure all eyes in Cartmel will be on the Cheltenham course this afternoon.

* Coverage of the newly named Stewart Family Spinal Research Handicap Chase will be on Channel 4, with the race set to start at 2.40pm.