Twenty four hours after Honeysuckle’s Champion Hurdle romp, her stable companion embodied grit in landing the Champion Chase. Headed by the odds-on favourite Chacun Pour Soi at the last, Put The Kettle On wouldn’t be bowed and rallied under jockey Aidan Coleman to become the first mare to land the two-mile crown. It was a third Champion Chase for De Bromhead as Put The Kettle at 17-2 underlined her ‘horses for courses’ status. Last year’s Arkle heroine is unbeaten in four starts at Cheltenham and that factor looked crucial as Chacun Pour Soi’s first try on the course fizzled out up the final hill. Even Politologue’s late withdrawal due to blood on a nostril wasn’t enough to help Chacun Pour Soi get the job done.

Source: The Irish Times March 17, 2021 15:39 UTC