Supreme, Albert Bartlett and Martin Pipe winners could meet in red-hot beginners' chase at Navan on Sunday
The winners of three races at this year's Cheltenham Festival could meet in a red-hot beginners' chase at Navan on Sunday (3.05) as Better Days Ahead, Slade Steel and Stellar Story have been entered in the same contest.
The 2m4½f beginners' chase, in which Fact To File suffered his sole defeat over fences 12 months ago, has attracted a star-studded 14 entries at the five-day stage, raising the hope that the Supreme, Albert Bartlett and Martin Pipe winners could lock horns in what would be an early season showdown.
Slade Steel, who stormed to success in the opener at last season's Cheltenham Festival, has been pencilled in to start his chasing career at Navan's two-day festival by Henry de Bromhead, who has also entered him in the 2m1f beginners' chase at the track on Saturday.
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