THE Christy 1965 Chase vied for top billing on Ascot’s last Saturday card with another Grade 2, the Coral Hurdle, and the latter did not disappoint, either.

In conceding weight all round and winning by half a length from Call Me Lord, with the rest well-beaten, If The Cap Fits (right) took his form to a still higher level, one which makes him a serious threat to the reigning Stayers’ Hurdle winner Paisley Park.