Somersby, the star of Henrietta Knight’s West Lockinge stables, near Wantage, could sidestep another clash with Master Minded in Saturday’s Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot.
The seven-year-old finished third to Paul Nicholls’s former dual two-mile champion chaser in the rerouted Tingle Creek Chase at Cheltenham last month.
But Knight said Somersby may not renew rivalry as he could instead wait for a graduation chase at Kempton on Friday, February 11.
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