ALL the top stables are up and running at this early stage of the new campaign and Paul Nicholls was another to land a double, courtesy of Black Corton and Posh Trish.

Black Corton, a very tough individual, faced only two rivals in the mallardjewellers.com Novices’ Chase and one of them, Twiston-Davies’ Ballyoptic, was made 10/11 favourite.