IT was nice to bag a decent winner in the shape of Aubusson, whose win in the Fixed Brush event at Haydock was far from unexpected, and he was merely delivering on the abundant promise he showed as a novice last winter.

Lizzie Kelly was arguably guilty of waiting too long on him at Chepstow, but gave the gelding a peach of a ride from the front here, managing that tricky feat of fully utilising his stamina without doing too much in front.