Paul Nicholls ended a relative lean spell when saddling his first winners for 15 days as New Little Bric and Taranis provided him with a short-priced double at Sandown.

Napolitain and Tony McCoy just held on to take an incident-packed renewal of the Grade One totesport.com Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase at Sandown.

Tyneandthyneagain is set to bid for a big-race triumph on successive Saturdays by turning out for the Agfa Diamond Handicap Chase at Sandown.

Despite the name, there was nothing fishy about the result of Sandown’s big race as Billingsgate continued his fantastic return from the injury list when taking the €65,800 Agfa Diamond Handicap Chase.