UK Antepost : Coral Welsh National

The Sue Smith-trained Chives has been cut into 8/1 from 9/1 with VCBET for the Welsh National at Chepstow. Chives was an impressive winner of the Tommy Whittle Chase at Haydock on Saturday and is now second favourite for the race behind One Knight,who heads the betting at 6/1 with the online firm.One Knight looked in good order when making a winning return in the John Hughes Rehearsal Chase at Chepstow on Saturday.It was his first outing since pulling up in the Hennessy 12 months ago and he always looked the likely winner of a race which in recent years has proved to be a handy guide to the Welsh National.Kicking King continues to be well backed for the King George VI Chase and is now trading at 3/1 from 4/1 with VCBET.He has also been cut into 12/1 from 28s for the Cheltenham Gold Cup after outclassing a strong field in the John Durkan Memorial Chase. Calling Brave has been trimmed into 8/1 from 10s for the King George after finishing second in the williamhill.co.uk Future Stars Chase on Saturday.Following on from his superb win in the Tingle Creek Chase, Moscow Flyer has been made joint favourite with Azertiyoup at 2/1 for the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham.VCBet are not offering odds on Moscow Flyer for the King George VI Chase, with Jessica Harrington looking more likely to send her star performer to Leopardstown for the Grade 1 Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase on December 27th.