Nictory Vote booked his ticket to the Cheltenham Festival with a comfortable success at Taunton - the second leg of a double on the card for Paul Nicholls and Ruby Walsh.

Wayne Hutchinson was taken to hospital for precautionary X-rays on his knee following a fall at Exeter.

Martin Pipe admitted to a feeling of “relief” after Lough Derg ended his mini-drought with victory in the Christine Loze Birthday Beginners’ Chase at Exeter.

Martin Pipe brought to an end a losing run stretching back almost two weeks when 9-4 favourite Lough Derg landed the Christine Loze Birthday Beginners’ Chase at Exeter.

Murphy’s Quest has started to make up for lost time after injury problems robbed connections of four years of his career and the eight-year-old can follow up a recent victory with another at Exeter tomorrow.