Keltic Bard takes Novices' Chase

Amateur David Dunsdon showed himself to be a jockey on the up with a well-timed victory aboard Keltic Bard in the Martell Cognac Novices' Handicap Chase, which was run at a furious pace.

Dunsdon only came in for the mount at the last minute. Paul Cashman had been booked to ride the seven-year-old but was forced to sit out the contest after breaking a pelvis at an Irish point-to-point yesterday.