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title: "Politologue owner Hales excited for fight with Altior"
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published: "2018-02-08T12:35:48Z"
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# Politologue owner Hales excited for fight with Altior

Politilogue owner John Hales [has been speaking of the upcoming contest](https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/hales-gets-into-the-spirit/142629) between his horse and the imperious Altior this weekend in the Game Spirit Chase at Newbury.

![Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readhorseracing.com/readhorseracing/2018/02/888822122.jpg)

[Altior is expected to run](https://readhorseracing.com/2018/02/06/altior-set-run-newbury/), despite being undefeated Hales isn’t ruling out his own mare:

> He’s been electric this year and I’m looking forward to it,

> It’s nice to see Altior is going to run. It will be a good contest and that’s what it’s all about.

Politilogue is unbeaten over fences over distances exceeding two miles, with one excpetion at Aintree where the 7-year-old fell.

![Alex Livesey/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readhorseracing.com/readhorseracing/2018/02/666151248.jpg)

The Paul Nicholls-trained horse will be hoping for a positive result in the Game Spirit Chase, largely due to its standing as a de facto stepping stone to the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham next month.

Altior and Politologue are set to go off favourite and second-favourite respectively, but Hales isn’t conceding defeat just yet:

> His jumping is his biggest asset. He’s very quick and very accurate. I call him a coat-of-paint job because he leaves no gap between himself and the fence – there’s no air.
>
> That’s a trait of all the best two-milers, looking back at them.