DAVID Pipe’s great grey hope Grands Crus gave every impression he could be as capable over fences as he was over hurdles with an almost flawless debut in the Steel Plate And Sections Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham.

Cue Card and Grands Crus are set for a mouthwatering early-season clash in the Steel Plate And Sections Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow.

DAVY Russell’s cunning ground-saving manoeuvre aboard Dix Villez denied Enda Bolger a fifth consecutive success in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase on a theatrical first afternoon of Cheltenham’s Open meeting yesterday.

Razor Royale, an unlucky faller on his chasing debut at Cheltenham last month, bids for compensation in the Steel Plate And Sections Novices’ Chase back at Prestbury Park tomorrow.

LATALOMNE, a faller at the penultimate fence in the last two runnings of the Queen Mother Champion Chase, can land a well-deserved success at Cheltenham today.