Denman and Kauto Star feature among 28 horses left in the £475,000 (€527,000) totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup at the latest forfeit stage.

There could be a small field for the Letheby & Christopher Chase at Cheltenham on Saturday with An Accordion’s participation in some doubt.

Grand National hopeful Cloudy Lane will have his next start at Haydock in the Peter Marsh Chase on January 17.

Master Eddy (10-1) made Jason Maguire work desperately hard but he still came up trumps in the opener at Newbury to provide a big stage winner for second-season trainer Shaun Lycett.

Tony McCoy will make the long journey up to Kelso on Saturday in an attempt to plunder one of Scotland’s biggest prizes of the season.