AS Phillip Hobbs dissected Planet Of Sound’s winning run, groups of journalists broke away from the huddle like chunks from an iceberg, drawn towards the warmer waters surrounding War Of Attrition.

Ferdy Murphy hit the Ayr jackpot for the third time in seven years when he completed a tremendous one-two with Hot Weld and Nine De Sivola in the Coral Scottish Grand National.

Gordon Elliott is hoping Silver Birch's Grand National win can kickstart his fledgling training career.

Bureaucrat, who threw away certain victory when falling at the final flight on his debut over jumps, made up for that lapse with a fluent pillar-to-post victory for Phillip Hobbs and Richard Johnson in the Karcher Juvenile Novices' Hurdle.

Champion jockey Tony McCoy enjoyed another successful day at Kempton riding a double, highlighted by a brave victory on Zafarabad in the feature Skybet.com Gold Cup Chase.