Benny Be Good is set to bid to complete a four-timer in the £25,000 Cheltenhamcollection.co.uk Handicap Chase on Saturday week.
Reveley star aimed at Showcase feature
Benny Be Good is set to bid to complete a four-timer in the £25,000 Cheltenhamcollection.co.uk Handicap Chase on Saturday week.
The extended three-mile contest is one of the highlights of Cheltenham's opening two-day meeting of the 2011/2012 season, which commences on Friday, October 14th.
Keith Reveley's charge posted the biggest win of his career when forging clear of his rivals for a two-length success over an extended two and three quarter miles at Market Rasen on September 24th.
The eight-year-old had previously posted a pair of comfortable victories at Sedgefield in April, including a seven-length victory over Grade One winning-hurdler Hollo Ladies in a two and a half mile handicap chase.
Two options
Reveley revealed: "The plan is for Benny Be Good to run in the Cheltenhamcollection.co.uk Handicap Chase. He has the option of the ZEturf.com Handicap Chase (2m 4f) on the same card but he galloped right the way to the line at Market Rasen and that trip might be a bit sharp for him.
"He's rated 150 now but he has looked like an improving horse on his latest three starts - he has travelled well and jumped well. "I thought that Nicky Richards' horse (Noble Alan) would have probably won at Market Rasen but Benny Be Good galloped strongly all the way to the line and you would have to hope that he might improve a bit more.
"He ran on soft ground right the way through the winter, which is why he probably wasn't at his best, but we have always thought of him as a good ground horse. He's going to have top-weight but hopefully he can find a good rhythm and run well."
A seven-race card on the second day of The Showcase also includes the £25,000 ZEturf.com Handicap Chase (2.40pm), the £25,000 Masterson Holdings Hurdle (3.15pm), run over an extended two miles, and the £20,000 Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Novices' Chase (4.55pm).
Friday's action is headed by the extended three-mile £17,000 Cheltenham Racecourse iPhone App Novices' Chase (3.55pm), while the £14,000 Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle (2.10pm), over two miles and five furlongs, and the the three-mile £14,000 Pertemps Handicap Hurdle (3.20pm) also feature among the seven races.
