GIGGINSTOWN House Stud’s Staffordshire Knot won for the third time in his last four outings as he led home a 1-2-3 for Gordon Elliott in the Grade 2 William Hill Boyne Hurdle.

His rich vein of form saw him go off 11/10 favourite and Jack Kennedy was content to track stablemate Maxxum over the extended two-mile, five-furlong trip. He got on terms three out, but Maxxum wrestled back the initiative over the next.