AS the 2017/18 jumps season came to a close on Saturday, it was good to see the former George Stewart-trained Step Back win one of the final blacktype races of the campaign.

Now in the care of Mark Bradstock, the eight-year-old Indian River gelding landed Sandown’s Grade 3 bet365 Gold Cup Handicap Chase by 13 lengths when successfully following up on his first chase victory at Fakenham earlier in the month.