YOU can understand why La Bague Au Roi is favourite for this afternoon’s Bet365 Charlie Hall Chase.

Warren Greatrex’s mare was dynamite last term. She won her first four chases, she battled on well to get the better of subsequent RSA Chase winner Topofthegame in the Grade 1 Kauto Star Chase over three miles at Kempton at Christmas, and she only gave best to Kalashnikov in the Grade 1 Manifesto Novices’ Chase at Aintree on her final run of the season.