Deano has his day in Long Walk Hurdle

DEANO’S BEENO proved that there is no substitute for hard work as he took centre stage at Ascot yesterday with a battling victory in the Cantor Sport Long Walk Hurdle.

Beaten three times into the runner-up spot in the same race, the veteran hurdler was given an exemplary ride by Tony McCoy to end Baracouda’s attempt at an 11th win on the bounce.

The £60,000 contest was run in a dense fog, which forced racegoers to use their imagination as to what might have been going on for long periods of the extended three-mile contest.