BLEU HEADS CHAMPION CHASE ENTRIES Last year`s winner Edredon Bleu was among 25 entries revealed today for the #200,000 Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on March 14th.The number of entries is the second highest in the last 13 years and includes last year`s second and third Direct Route and Flagship Uberalles, the latter the winner of the Doubleprint Tingle Creek Chase at Cheltenham last month.There are five Irish entries including the Arthur Moore-trained Native Upmanship, who also has the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup as an option.Other notable entries include 1999 winner Call Equiname, last season`s Arkle Chase victor Tiutchev and Castleford Chase heroine Function Dream, ante-post favourite with the sponsors for Saturday`s Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot.Edward Gillespie, Cheltenham`s managing director, said today: 'The Queen Mother Champion Chase is shaping into a fascinating renewal and we are thrilled to have such a high quality entry.'Queen Mother Champion Chase entries: Aghawadda Gold(trained by T Tate), Bellator (Miss V Williams), Call Equiname (P Nicholls), Celibate (C Mann), Cenkos (O Sherwood), Corniche (N Twiston-Davies), Davoski (Miss V Williams), Direct Route (J Howard Johnson), Edredon Bleu (Miss H Knight), Fadalko (P Nicholls), Flagship Uberalles (N Chance), Frozen Groom (N Meade in Ireland), Function Dream (Mrs M Reveley), Get Real (N Henderson), Grey Shot (I Balding), Native Upmanship (A Moore in Ireland), Nordance Prince (Miss V Williams), Puget Blue (M Morris in Ireland), Rathbawn Prince (D Hughes in Ireland), Red Ark (N Mason), Reveillon (C Mann), Space Trucker (Mrs J Harrington in Ireland), The Outback Way (Miss V Williams), Tiutchev (N Henderson), Wahiba Sands (M Pipe).
