Philip Hobbs may have drawn a blank at the Cheltenham Festival but he has his string in tremendous heart and advertised the fact yet again with a double at Haydock.

Nodforms Paula created a fair impression when running out an easy winner of the State Rox Off Novices' Hurdle at Doncaster.

Ferdy Murphy was full of praise for Graham Lee after watching his new stable jockey pass the half-century mark for the season with a double at Wetherby which included victory on Leading Man in the £50,000 (€74,500) skybet.com Rowland Meyrick Chase.