Ferdy Murphy and Graham Lee stole the show at Ayr with a 20-1 treble highlighted by Marshall Hall, who completed a hat-trick in impressive fashion in the Guinness Handicap Chase and set himself up for a trip to the Punchestown Festival in the process.

Tony McCoy is hopeful that the relative inexperience of Therealbandit will not count against him in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup tomorrow.

THE drying conditions at Kempton will be good news for the connections of Gunther McBride for Saturday's Racing Post Chase .