LUKE Dempsey and Gavin Cromwell bookended this seven-race card when teaming up for a double as Minella Youngy and Arverne both scored in decisive fashion on a beautiful evening at the midlands venue.

Minella Youngy, runner-up on his previous two starts, gained a deserved win when landing the odds in the opening two-mile-three-furlong Join Racing TV Now Maiden Hurdle. The 8/13 favourite asserted approaching the final flight and kept on well to beat the always prominent Jumping Susie by 10 lengths.