Alex Steedman looks back to one of the most memorable finishes in the two-mile Champion Chase and the time that Viking Flagship got the best of a brilliant battle with Travado and Deep Sensation.
Enjoy a Cheltenham Festival thriller in the 2000 renewal of the Champion Chase, with the Henrietta Knight-trained Edredon Bleu edging home from Direct Route and Flagship Uberalles in a record time of 3min 44.7 sec after the trio had jumped the final ...
Viking Flagship, one of the most popular and bravest chasers of the 1990s, wins the first of two Champion Chases in 1994 as he rallied to fend off the challenges of Travado and Deep Sensation for a narrow success in the hands of Adrian Maguire.
Flagship Uberalles, the young pretender, gained the verdict from Direct Route by a neck in a breathless renewal of the Tingle Creek Trophy. This victory would be the first of three successive victories in the Grade One showpiece, all of which came in...
Flagship Uberalles produced arguably the best performance of his career, storming clear by 11 lengths under Richard Johnson for trainer Noel Chance at Cheltenham.
The great Flagship Uberalles completed a historic treble at Sandown, as the legendary chaser dominated the 2001 renewal to complete his third successive victory in the race - all for different trainers!
Viking Flagship enjoyed a stellar season in 1994/95 for trainer David Nicholson, with the gelding opening his account with victory here at Sandown in the Tingle Creek, followed by success in the Champion Chase at Cheltenham and Melling Chase at Aintr...
Even as I type these words, I'm still tingling. Three brilliant two-mile chasers slugging it out for the 2000 Champion Chase at the #CheltenhamFestival.
