GALWAY Plate winner Western Fold made light of the step up in class to easily land the featured Grade 2 PWC Champion Chase under Danny Gilligan.

Leading in the initial stages, the 5/6f was headed at halfway, before regaining the initiative from four out. The Weld-Spec (Glasgow) Ltd and Dee L’Estrange-owned six-year-old asserted jumping the last, keeping on well to beat Affordale Fury by four and a quarter lengths.