The New Lion (3-1) prolonged his unbeaten run to 5 with a formidable win from The Yellow Clay within the Turners Novices’ Hurdle.
Jockey Harry Skelton triumphed for coach brother Dan to seal an eightieth Pageant victory for proprietor JP McManus, who purchased the horse earlier this 12 months.
“He is an exceptional horse and I’ve by no means had one like this,” stated Dan of The New Lion, who’s round a 7-1 shot for subsequent 12 months’s Champion Hurdle.
Lecky Watson was guided by Sean O’Keeffe to a shock 20-1 triumph within the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase for Willie Mullins.
Stablemate Ballyburn was despatched off the nice and cozy favorite however he by no means recovered from a serious blunder on the seventh fence.
One other Mullins outsider, the 16-1 likelihood Jimmy Du Seuil, received the Coral Cup underneath the coach’s nephew Danny. The winner had completed 13 lengths second to Ballyburn as a novice hurdler at Cheltenham final 12 months.
And a Mullins Wednesday treble was accomplished when Jody Townend on Bambino Fever gave him a sixth Champion Bumper victory in eight years.
The 5-2 favorite Stumptown stayed on better of all to win the Cross Nation Chase for jockey Keith Donoghue and coach Gavin Cromwell. Latenightpass was second with Vanillier third, having earlier almost led the entire subject down the improper route.
Snow showers had hit the course early on Wednesday however the climate brightened up and Queen Camilla was amongst these current to benefit from the motion.
Attendance was down once more – a crowd of 41,949 was recorded, almost 5,000 lower than the identical day final 12 months.
