Sizing Europe eyes repeat triumph

Last year’s winner Sizing Europe heads a select field of eight declared for tomorrow’s sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase.

A year ago, Henry de Bromhead’s ten-year-old beat the previous year’s winner Big Zeb, who will try to regain his title, but Sizing Europe will be a warm order for a repeat triumph.

A third Irish challenger comes in the shape of the Noel Meade-trained Realt Dubh.

Heading the home brigade is the Nicky Henderson-trained Finian’s Rainbow and completing the line-up are Gauvain, I’m So Lucky, Kauto Stone and Wishfull Thinking.

The two withdrawals at the 48-hour final declaration stage were Somersby and Blazing Tempo, who both hold entries in Thursday’s Ryanair Chase.