Arsenal chairman Sir Chips Keswick will be at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday for the North London Derby against Spurs but trainer Jamie Snowden is hoping that is a good omen for Keswick-owned chaser Double Treasure.
The six-year-old is a 14-1 shot for the £160,000 BetVictor Gold Cup at Cheltenham after winning his last four races.
When Keswick’s Snowden-trained Present View won at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival, his owner was absent as he also was when Double Treasure won at Cheltenham last month.
Lambourn-based Snowden joked: ’Hopefully it’s a good omen Chips will not be there!