No stopping classy Ustedes

VOY POR USTEDES remains unbeaten over fences after claiming the feature coralcasino.com Novices’ Chase at Plumpton yesterday under a cool ride from Robert Thornton.

The four-year-old justified 6-4 favouritism in the £12,000-added contest, taking up the running after two out and putting in a fine leap at the last before denying My World by five lengths, with Big Moment a further eight lengths adrift in third.

A scorer at Warwick on his chasing debut, connections are now dreaming of Cheltenham in March. Noel Williams, assistant to winning trainer Alan King, said: “We know he has plenty of ability and handles this soft ground from his juvenile hurdling form.