Paul Nicholls closed to within £100,000 (€123,598) of Aidan O’Brien’s prize-money mark for the last Flat season by saddling a treble at Cheltenham.

Basic Fact gave trainer Jonjo O’Neill his first winner for four weeks with a game victory in the feature ladbrokes.com Leicestershire Silver Fox Handicap Chase at Leicester.

Henry Daly sent out his first winner for the Elite Racing Club as the free-running Inherent landed the Mishcon’s ’National Hunt’ Novices’ Hurdle at Towcester.