Take A Bow came out on top from an exciting three-way tussle for supremacy in the Betfair Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown.

Foxhaven will complete his preparations for the totesport Ebor with a final gallop tomorrow.

ANTE-POST favourite Hardy Eustace will face 14 rivals as he bids for a second successive win in tomorrow’s Smurfit Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.