DELTA Work managed to win the Drinmore Chase despite the fact that, in all probability, conditions were less than optimal for him.

Gordon Elliott’s horse battled on really well for Davy Russell to get the better of Le Richebourg, a talented and progressive rival for whom conditions probably were close to optimum, with the pair of them coming nicely clear of their rivals.

Delta Work should do even better when there is a greater emphasis on stamina than a two and a half-mile contest on good ground presents. The Gigginstown House horse won the Pertemps Final last March at Cheltenham as a whipper-snapper five-year-old, and this performance puts him into the middle of the RSA Chase mix. He is proven at Cheltenham, he stays well, and remember that Presenting Percy won the Pertemps Final in 2017 before going back to Cheltenham last March and winning the RSA Chase.