The Coral Welsh National Handicap Chase will be run over 3 miles 5 furlongs at Chepstow on Saturday the 27th December. The race is worth £100,000 and top weight will be carried by Halcon Genelardais who won the race in 2006 and was runner up to Miko de Beauchene in 2007. They fought out a tremendous finish. This year Halcon Genelardais is better off at the weights with Miko de Beauchene but not with Mon Mome who was runner up to him in 2006. Mon Mome (pictured on the left) had a hard race when winning at Cheltenham recently. If he has recovered from that race then he must have a favourites chance of winning this off his low weight. Also down the bottom of the handicap is Nenuphar Collonges whom Robert Thornton has chosen to ride in preference to Halcon Genelardais. This could be a pointer in itself. However I hope Mon Mome and Halcon Genelardais will be in the first four, preference going to Mon Mome to actually win the race. For all the runners and riders with the jockeys colours click on the sportinglife.