Bobs Worth further strengthened Nicky Henderson’s Festival hand with an excellent display in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.

KING Of Rome put himself in line for the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes after showing his class with an emphatic victory in the Royal Whip Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.

Johnny Murtagh took the honours on the first day of the new Irish Flat season by booting home a 879-1 treble at the Curragh.