PENHILL won a slightly substandard Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle, in which the pace was on the steady side (winner recorded a 106% finishing speed), with a timefigure of 146. That has him joint-ninth among novice hurdlers this season at the time of writing.

The Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle was not much more truly-run (finishing speed of 104.5%), but Champagne Classic emerged comfortably on top with a 137 timefigure. Lastly, Rock The World won the concluding Johnny Henderson Grand Annual with an up-to-scratch timefigure of 150.