HARRY Senior (Colin Tizzard/Robbie Power) had been denied a run in the Leamington Novices’ Hurdle at Warwick a fortnight earlier on the advice of the vet, but that setback was quickly forgotten as he swapped the possibility of victory in one Grade 2 event with a handsome win in another at an SP of 4/1.

He stuck to the inner rail on the home turn, and while it appeared that King Roland (Harry Fry/Sean Bowen) had taken a decisive lead on the run to the last, that horse was unable to sustain his initial burst.