On trainer Alan Swinbank's first day out racing since Collier Hill won a £600,000 (€890,700) first prize in Hong Kong, Ring The Boss and Arctic Echo added a total of £8,132 (€12,100) to the stable coffers following two fine efforts at Catterick.

Granville Again, winner of the 1993 Champion Hurdle, and a former stalwart of Martin Pipe’s stable, has died aged 17.