CHELTENHAM: Champagne Ruby rides at Fever pitch

Willie Mullins produced a terrific training feat to land the William Hill Supreme Novices’ Hurdle with Champagne Fever.

The flying grey ran deplorably at Naas in January, but Mullins nursed him back to full health and he arrived yesterday in mint condition.

Reports of great work over the last two weeks or so were far from idle gossip and he galloped his rivals into the ground.