Vautour bubble burst as Clarcam grabs glory

Clarcam made the most of a serious mistake from hot favourite Vautour to grab Grade One glory in the Racing Post Novice Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

Vautour was a stunning winner of the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at last season’s Cheltenham Festival and looked every inch a top-class chasing prospect when comfortably seeing off Clarcam on his debut over fences at Navan last month.

Clarcam had since opened his own chasing account at the same track, but it was no surprise to see Vautour sent off the 1-4 favourite to confirm his superiority.