THE OLD dog for the hard road. Yours truly was magnanimous early yesterday in victory, at least if magnanimous is an acceptable variant of completely insufferable.

My Way De Solzen landed the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in the hands of Robert Thornton.

My Way De Solzen is likely to try and claim his second big prize over hurdles if the ground is soft enough for him to tackle the Byrne Bros Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday week.