Imperial Shabra received the loudest cheer of the afternoon at Stratford after claiming the Alice’s Noodle Bar Novices’ Handicap Chase – but the decibel level would have been considerably higher had Oliver Brady been present.

Charlie Mann is revelling in his best-ever season and Gauvain provided him with another Cheltenham Festival contender when taking the Grade Two Kilbrittain Castle Novices’ Chase at Sandown.

Venetia Williams was in double form at Plumpton on Monday following wins for De Blanc and Idole First, with the latter now a possible for a return trip to the Cheltenham Festival.