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Steel Ally maintains unbeaten run for Festival warm-up
Coventry Telegraph
|February 09, 2026
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Ally made it three wins from as many starts over fences at Warwick when coming home the comfortable winner of the Grade Two Bet Smarter With Oddschecker Kingmaker Novices’ Chase on Saturday.Partnered by Dylan Johnston, the eight-year-old raced in second of the three runners for most of the two-mile contest. Taking the lead jumping the second last, the 11-10 favourite went on to score by 10 lengths from Mirabad with 17 lengths back to Mambonumberfive in third.
Flagship Uberalles (1999), Voy Por Ustedes (2006) and Edwardstone (2022) all won the race before going on to victory in the Grade One Singer Arkle Novices’ Chase at the Cheltenham Festival and Steel Ally is now 14-1 from 16-1 for that race with Paddy Power.
This story is from the February 09, 2026 edition of Coventry Telegraph.
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