Russell Roques in Mildmay

THE John Smith’s Mildmay Novices’ Chase was strewn with jumping errors and the Davy Russell-ridden Quito De La Roque had to overcome some of his own errors before emerging a narrow victor.

Colm Murphy’s gelding can be cumbersome at times and fired Russell up in the air at the second-last before putting his best foot forward to repel the relentless challenge of 50-1 shot Sarando by a neck.

Master Of The Hall had a tired fall at the last with The Giant Bolster also going to ground, while the front-running Golan Way took more than a few chances en-route to finishing third.