EVENTS nearer at home had some interesting exchanges, especially over obstacles.

Valseur Lido went to the top of the recent chase timefigures with a 164 for winning the JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal from a below-form Silviniaco Conti, reminding us all what a loss Vautour (who beat Valseur Lido easily in the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival) will be.