JUST MAJIC!

MULLINS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS IN QUEEN MOTHER CHAMPION CHASE

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MAJBOROUGH'S in pole position to take advantage of the absence of last year's winner Marine Nationale in the Bet-MGM Queen Mother Champion Chase on the second day of action at Cheltenham.

Even if Barry Connell's star had not missed the race with a late setback, Majborough would have gone off favourite but his task has been made significantly easier.

Winner of the Triumph Hurdle two years ago for Willie Mullins, he looked a likely winner of last year's Arkle before making a massive mistake at the second-last fence and he performed a minor miracle to be beaten less than a length by Jango Baie.

His jumping frailties were evident at Punchestown afterwards and in his first two outings this season, but cheek-pieces transformed him last time out.