www.ladbroke.co.uk – Ashley Brook impressed the bookmakers with his reappearance win at Exeter recently and the fans favourite is now in contention for Cheltenham festival glory

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Kevin Bishop’s 10-year-old bounced back from an awful 2007-2008 season where he finished only one race from four starts. Taking over the lead at the sixth fence, he never looked back under Richard Johnson and powered away from Mahogany Blaze for a seven-length success with 9/4 favourite Twist Magic was a very disappointing fourth.

The layers were soon running for cover in various ante-post markets, with some chopping him to 12/1 from 33s for the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham’s Open meeting later in November. Other firms also trimmed the runner-up, who also look very good to 16/1 for the same race.

In Cheltenham Festival betting Ashley Brook has been, generally, introduced at around 33/1 for the Queen Mother Champion Chase and while Paul Nicholls’ Twist Magic was lengthened to about 20/1.

Not impressing the oddsmakers so much was Afsoun after he made his chasing debut at Warwick.

Placed in the 2007 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, Nicky Henderson’s star showed his class under Barry Geraghty to cut down Oh Crick in the final stride to almost justify odds of 4/11 having looked well beaten at the final fence.

That said he had not jumped well at all throughout the two-mile contest; a mixed bag was a general verdict on that element of the performance.

As a result 25/1 is the price about him to land next March’s Arkle at the Cheltenham Festival. Stan