THE Gavin Cromwell-trained Flooring Porter earned himself a tilt at the Grade 1 Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival when making all under Jonathan Moore over the full three-mile trip in the Grade 1 Leopardstown Christmas Hurdle as 2020 drew to a close.

The Yeats gelding’s six-length success was a first at this level for Cromwell’s stable jockey and for the bay’s owners, the Flooring Porter Syndicate, who, at the suggestion of the trainer, had shelved out €10,000 to supplement their star into the race.