MARK and Sarah Bradstock have had to be patient with stable star Coneygree, but the gelding’s perfect start over fences augurs well for the future, and the misfortune of others shouldn’t detract from a taking win in what was formerly the Feltham.

A son of the couple’s star broodmare Plaid Maid, he’s a half-brother to Hennessy winner Carruthers, and has always been regarded as better than that smart stayer.