Charlie Mann was staggered at Wendel's starting price of 10-1 as his German import made a pleasing debut over hurdles on a murky afternoon at Plumpton.

Accipiter, trained by Toby Balding and ridden by Tom Best, has won the Martell Cognac Sefton Novices' Hurdle at Aintree today.

Conditional jockey Tom Best recorded the biggest win of his career on Toby Balding’s Accipiter in the £40,000 (€59,700) Cantor Odds Handicap Hurdle at Ascot.