MOST people, especially those who were at Toomebridge in November 2014, would have been delighted to see Yorkhill return to form when landing the near three-mile Listed Rehearsal Handicap Chase at Newcastle on Saturday.

Now trained in Scotland by Sandy Thomson, who he joined over the summer, the 10-year-old Presenting gelding was a multiple Grade 1 winner when trained by Willie Mullins for Graham and Andrea Wylie, but though he won at the Galway Festival last year, he didn’t seem in love with the game.