PAUL Nicholls could not hide his delight after Newbury’s Grade 1 Challow Hurdle over the Christmas period. He won with No Drama This End (Walk In The Park), and this was his fifth win in the race in the last six years.

He won it recently with Bravemansgame, Stage Star, Hermes Allen and Captain Teague, while Cornish Rebel and Denman were earlier victors. Could No Drama This End be as good, or better, than these? Nicholls believes he can be.