PHILIP Hobbs can look forward to plotting a route back to Cheltenham for next year’s Champion Hurdle after Menorah’s battling qualities saw him take the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle under top weight yesterday.

Kempton Park will stage a unique race that will bring together some of the greatest National Hunt jockeys of all time on October 21.

The running of the Dawn Till Dusk EBF Maiden Stakes at Goodwood tomorrow marks the publication of a book featuring many long-serving stable staff and the racing champions they looked after.