Donald McCain admitted he expected nothing less than a win for Fiendish Flame after he ran away with the second division of the Touchline Event Management “National Hunt” Novices´ Hurdle at Sedgefield.

Connections of Kate’s Gift had their patience rewarded when the once seriously-injured gelding opened his account over fences at Leicester.

Conditional rider Aidan Coleman was the jockey in form at Leicester with a 9-1 double on Ours and Latanier.