SATURDAY

  • Thistlecrack won the Grade 1 JLT Long Walk Hurdle over three miles, 97 yards at Ascot, a second success at the highest level for the Colin Tizzard-trained son of Overbury Stud stallion Kayf Tara (by Sadler's Wells). The seven-year-old was bred by Robin and Scarlett Knipe, he is out of the successful staying chaser Ardstown (by Ardross), and his siblings include the recent Grade 2-placed hurdler West Approach (by Westerner).