Stand by for exciting show from Tataniano Boylesports.com Champion Chase entry Tataniano got an strong endorsement from the expert panel on Channel 4's Morning Line programme with one member of the grouping expressing their surprise that Paul Nicholl's charge isn't 'odds-on' for the Grade 2 Bet365.com Celebration Chase at 2.35 at Sandown today. A former Belharbour point-to-point winner for Pat Doyle, last year's impressive Aintree scorer is a fast-ground lover and he is currently a best-priced 10/1 shot for the aforementioned Punchestown highlight that comes up on May 3rd. About to be crowned champion jockey for the sixteenth time in succession, Tony McCoy was on this morning's show and he said he'd likely be trying to unsettle Tataniano by taking him on for the lead on Nicky Henderson's French Opera. However he also conceded that French Opera has been to both Cheltenham and Aintree and that Tataniano would be hard to beat. Ruby Walsh, rider of Tataniano, gave his mount the NAP in today's Irish Examiner and the exciting French-bred seven-year-old faces five rivals in this afternoon's two-miler – Chaninbar, Cornas, French Opera, Oiseau de Nuit and Russian Flag.
