Dynaste's return to Kempton excites Pipe David Pipe hopes a return to Kempton for the William Hill King George VI Chase will help Dynaste turn the tables on Cue Card. Pipe's grey impressed when winning the Feltham Novices' Chase at the Sunbury track nearly 12 months ago and while he performed well at Cheltenham and won at Aintree, it was arguably his best performance of last season. His first run of this campaign saw him tackle his elders in the Betfair Chase at Haydock where he had two Gold Cup winners behind him in Long Run and Bobs Worth but he was forced to give best to an on-song Cue Card. Pipe wrote on his website blog: "He was a high-class hurdler and translated his form to fences wonderfully last season, but until you take on the established stars of the game, it is difficult to know exactly where you stand in the pecking order. "To finish a solid second on his first run of the season in such a strong contest was a great effort and shows that we have a horse to go to war with in all of the top staying chases. "His next target will be the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day and I see no reason why he cannot give Cue Card a good run for his money - the track and trip will suit as he so ably demonstrated when winning the Feltham over course and distance last year." On the same Haydock card Dynaste's stablemate Gevrey Chambertin gave the yard a third success in four years in the valuable Fixed Brush Hurdle and will now begin a novice chase career. "Going into the race I felt that a mark of 143 was plenty high enough, although after this he will surely be around the 150 mark," said Pipe. "Gevrey Chambertin has always looked a potential chaser in the making and the way he jumped these 'mini fences' did nothing to dissuade me from that opinion. Indeed, he will be sent chasing after this and should take high rank among the novices."
