Captain Guinness secured a surprise success in the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham after hot favourite El Fabiolo was pulled up early on
Captain Guinness secured a surprise win in the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham after hot favourite El Fabiolo was pulled up early on. Trained by Henry de Bromhead and ridden by Rachael Blackmore, nine-year-old Captain Guinness was sent off a 17-2 chance, with Willie Mullins' El Fabiolo starting as the heavily-supported 2-9 market leader in the absence of supposed main rival Jonbon.
'Another year when we won it Douvan was odds-on for the whole year. You can't be afraid of one horse, but you pick your spots. You don't do it every day of the week, but this place is different.' Mullins said: 'I was very concerned that he reached for an early one and then stood back too far at the fence going away from the stands and didn't get high enough. 'He got very low over a couple of them and I know he was a bit chancy before, but I was very concerned.
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