Triumph bid not certain for King juvenile A tilt at the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival is far from guaranteed for Chatez despite the exciting youngster making it two from two over hurdles in impressive fashion at Warwick. Trainer Alan King has clinched the major juvenile prize at Prestbury Park on a couple of occasions, with Penzance striking in 2005 and the diminutive but popular Katchit successful two years later, and Chatez appears an obvious contender. Good enough to run at Royal Ascot before being sent off favourite for a race on Champions Day, the three-year-old made a fine start to his jumping career at Bangor last month and was a 5-4 favourite to make it two from two in the 10 Free Bet At 32RedSport.com Juvenile Hurdle. Jockey Aidan Coleman cut a confident figure throughout and a fine leap at the final flight saw him go on to score comfortably by three and a quarter lengths from Adrakhan. Chatez is as short as 14-1 for the Triumph Hurdle in March, but King has warned potential backers to hang fire. He said: "I was delighted with that, really pleased, and I might take him to Kempton now on December 27. "He seems to have settled well, but I do need to warn punters that the owners aren't too keen on going for the Triumph. "It could be that we miss Cheltenham in the spring and wait for Aintree."
