Dodging Bullets© Photo Healy Racing
Dodging Bullets is set to make a belated seasonal reappearance in the Betfair Exchange Chase at Newbury on Saturday.
The eight-year-old, bred by Frankie Dettori, has been sidelined since winning the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham last March.
However, he is now ready to return to action and trainer Paul Nicholls is happy with his condition ahead of the Grade Two contest, registered as the Game Spirit Chase.
"He'll run on Saturday in the Game Spirit, he looks absolutely amazing and I am thrilled with him at the moment," said Nicholls.
"Win, lose or draw he'll improve for the run. I don't think I have ever had him quite as fit and as well as I have before for his first run of the season.
"Last year he needed his first run and then he won three Grade Ones, he will have one run and go to Cheltenham at his very best having had just the one run."
Nicky Henderson has three - Captain Conan Josses Hill and L'Ami Serge, who is an intended runner in the Kingmaker Novices' Chase at Warwick on Saturday.
Kerry Lee, who has had a tremendous first season with a licence after taking over from her father, Richard, is doubly-represented with Top Gamble and Grey Gold
The Dan Skelton-trained Willow's Saviour and Paul Henderson's Un Beau Roman make up the eight possibles after the race was reopened.
