Sizing Europe will take his chance in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday week. (credit: Carine06)
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Henry de Bromhead is in high spirits as he prepares to run Sizing Europe in the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase on Wednesday week.
The trainer believes that forceful tactics could see last season’s Arkle hero bounce back to form in the two-mile showpiece after a season that has seen the Irish raider ridden patiently ridden over longer distances.
De Bromhead explained: "He's really coming into himself. He's just starting to really come into form, but we haven't had as good a run-up as we had before he won the Arkle last year.
"He loves that. He loves that pace. The faster we go in the first mile, the better for him - he could have them all off the bridle coming down the hill like he did in the Arkle.
"This year he has jumped a lot more deliberately, but we feel that was because he was going at a quite slower pace. But if you school him at home, and at speed, he just wings the fences."
It looks set to be a vintage renewal of the Queen Mother Champion Chase with Master Minded, Big Zeb and Somersby just three of the horses set to contest the Grade One feature.
