Lucifer Bleu thrown in but Celtic Son can pounce late

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: February 23, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

CELTIC SON can scupper stablemate Lucifer Bleu and defy a year's absence from the track when he lines up in tomorrow's Racing Post Chase at Kempton.

David Pipe has his team in cracking form at present and is responsible for four of the 15 runners in the Pounds 100,000 contest.

Lucifer Bleu is likely to prove the most popular of the quartet with punters after bloodless victories at Hereford and Wincanton on his two starts this season.

But despite looking thrown in at the weights, he will find it hard to dominate this race in his usual fashion with several potential frontrunners in opposition ...

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