Matata is out to take advantage of the absence of Sir Gino and book his ticket to the Queen Mother Champion Chase when lining up in the William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Game Spirit Chase at Newbury.

Sam Twiston-Davies (13/33, 39% strike-rate for the yard this season), who won on him at Hereford in December, returns in the saddle. Persian time, Old Time Chaser and Califet En Vol on the gallops ...

At Windsor Matata ... mount of Sam Twiston-Davies, while Alan King’s Edwardstone ran out an emphatic 40-length winner of this contest 12 months ago, with the 11-year-old now back to defend ...

Venetia Williams's eight-year-old can win the Grade Two feature at the Berkshire track while Matata, Iberico Lord, Haiti Couleurs, Kientzheim, L'Eau Du Sud, Herakles Westwood, Le Milos, Shanagh Bob, ...