Johnson: No Rush With Well Chief Owner David Johnson hopes the absence of Well Chief from the entries for the Queen Mother Champion Chase will convince everyone his top two-miler will miss the Cheltenham Festival. The seven-year-old, trained by Martin Pipe, is currently enjoying a long rest even though the injury - heat in a foreleg - is described as minor. Johnson declared: 'It´s doubtful he´s going to run this season and now people may believe me. If people back him on the exchanges they are crazy. 'He´s very well and if he was any other horse I would chance my arm because the injury is minor. 'But if I were to run him and he broke down I could lose him forever. He´s only seven, he´s still only a young horse. 'This should now allay people´s thoughts that he is going to run. The die is cast, he´s not entered and it takes temptation away from me as well!' Well Chief defeated Kicking King in the 2004 Arkle Trophy and was runner-up to Moscow Flyer in the Queen Mother last March. He has not raced since beating Azertyuiop in the Betfred Celebration Chase at Sandown in April.(C) PA Sport
