Captain Chris talkes command Captain Chris registered his fourth victory at Kempton Park with a resounding success in the williamhill.com Chase. The 10-year-old, who was second in last season's King George VI Chase at the Sunbury track, pulled well clear of the opposition to score by by 23 lengths. Runner-up Champion Court made the running until Richard Johnson took over on the Philip Hobbs-trained 10-year-old four fences from home, after which the result was not in doubt, with the 15-8 favourite sauntering home. Johnson said: "In a way it was a shame he couldn't run in the King George, but it was probably also a blessing as it was close enough to Huntingdon and it would have been a real slog in the King George. "He loves it round here and and hopefully there will be one or two more nice races in him on better ground." Hobbs was supervising runners at Warwick rather than making the trip to Kempton, but said: "I was really delighted with him today. "He does have an entry in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but I think that will be very doubtful. The next race for him will be the old Comet Chase at Ascot in February (the Betfair Ascot Chase.) "Further on, we will consider Punchestown and the new race over two and three-quarter miles at Sandown."
