PAUL Nicholls took a firm grip on the trainers’ title race many weeks ago and never looked like relinquishing it. Like his great rival Henderson. He completed a double on this final day, with Getaway Trump and Black Corton.

Bryony Frost’s successful return from injury gave the packed crowd something else to savour as Black Corton pulled 11 lengths ahead of Henderson’s Gold Present in the Grade 2 bet365 Oaksey Chase.