Super Fundamentalist sets poser

The jumps programme book will provide bedtime reading for Nigel Twiston-Davies over the next couple of nights after Fundamentalist left the trainer starry-eyed and dreaming of the future with an impressive victory in the Independent Newspaper Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham today.

The drop back to two miles for a contest won within the last three years by both Best Mate and Azertyuiop proved no problem whatsoever to the talented six-year-old, who turned in an utterly flawless performance.