Tidal Bay continued to look like one of the most accomplished novice chasers on the scene as he stretched his unbeaten record over fences to three.

Paul Nicholls and Ruby Walsh followed up their double at Ayr on Friday by taking the opener with Poquelin on Coral Scottish Grand National day.

JCB Triumph hurdle fancy Degas Art is ready to return to the track following his mid-winter break.

Gary Moore just bested Nicky Henderson as Verasi landed the first running of the new-look intercasino.co.uk Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle at Kempton.

Pouvoir added to Alan King’s bounty of promising youngsters by running out a ready winner of the intercasino.co.uk Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle at Kempton.