Abbey Team Happy Despite Defeat Graham Lee is convinced Grey Abbey is far from finished even though the veteran was pulled up in the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby. The 11-year-old, trained by Howard Johnson, was unable to get to the front as eventual winner Ollie Magern set a furious pace from the outset in the Grade Two feature on Saturday. 'The boss was quite pleased. He was exhausted on the approach to the second-last. I wasn´t even going to ask him to jump it because he wasn´t going fast enough,' Lee told Racing UK. 'The boss said he wasn´t fully wound up. He went public about horses coughing and he was quite happy. 'Although he was flat from the off, he still has a spark. He jumped great. 'It rode a proper race. They went some gallop and all credit to the winner (Ollie Magern), he was very impressive. 'Last year after the Charlie Hall he went to the Pillar. I don´t know where he´ll go next but he´ll go again.'(C) PA Sport
