Cheveley Park Stud are doing their bit to aid Willie Mullins’ title defence by sending Classic Getaway to Cheltenham for Wednesday’s Matt Hampson Foundation Silver Trophy.

The Closutton handler looked to face an uphill task to reel in Dan Skelton a couple of weeks ago, but a spectacular Grand National meeting at Aintree followed by a Scottish Grand National one-two at the weekend has dramatically turned the tide in his favour in the race to be crowned champion trainer.