NIGEL Twiston-Davies is invariably in good form at this early stage of the new National Hunt season and his grand old campaigner The New One did not let him down last Saturday.
Now nine, the Cheltenham regular made all in the Ladbrokes Welsh Champion Hurdle, a limited handicap, at Ffos Las and had enough in reserve to resist fellow 2/1 joint-favourite Clyne by three-parts of a length. It was 16 lengths back to Sire De Grugy, who was no doubt being primed for a return to fences.
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