Knowhere put himself on target for a crack at the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup by claiming the scalps of Exotic Dancer and Voy Por Ustedes in a spectacular renewal of the intercasino.co.uk Old Roan Chase at Aintree.

Voy Por Ustedes will line-up in Saturday’s totepool Game Spirit Chase at Newbury, as long as the ground is not bottomless.

THE story of the Anglo Irish Bank Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham yesterday told us something that is as old as the Festival itself.