God's Own to revert to novice company God's Own will revert to novice company following his unplaced run in Saturday's 888Sport Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown. Tom George's charge was a Grade One winner at the Punchestown Festival back in May and opened the current campaign with a five-length victory in the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter. While that win came in full company, God's Own retains his novice status as his Irish success came after the end of the 2013-14 British season, and George now plans to exploit that factor. God's Own made a mistake at the first in the Tingle Creek and eventually finished seventh behind Dodging Bullets, with the trainer reporting his charge to have been unsuited by soft ground. He said: "He's fine this morning, he just made an uncharacteristic blunder at the first and was then on the back foot. "Paddy (Brennan) said he was never really happy with him on the ground. He just couldn't jump out of it and it was just too soft. We could have just about got away with it against lesser company, but not at that level. "The horse is A1 this morning and we'll see where we go now, but we will be going back to novice company for the rest of the year. "We gave it our best shot and it didn't work out, but that's the beauty of this horse, we now have the option of going somewhere for a confidence booster. "Where we go next will very much be dictated by the ground. We might go to Kempton at Christmas if the ground was right." Although God's Own is set to step back to novice level, George still has a Champion Chase hope in Module, who finished third at the Festival last term and beat Dodging Bullets into second in the Game Spirit Chase. He added: "We still have Module to step into that place and he has some pretty decent form with Dodging Bullets too." The Slad handler claimed minor honours at Aintree as Saint Are finished third in the Becher Chase. Beaten three and three-quarter lengths, Saint Are made the frame with just yards to run and George felt the effort marks him as a genuine Crabbie's Grand National contender. He said: "We were thrilled with him. Denis O'Regan said another circuit would suit him and he was staying on and doing all his best work at the end. I think he's got to be a true National contender on that performance. "We will have to see what the handicapper does but I think he's a National horse, so we will probably work back from that."
