Nicholls enjoys family fortunes

Paul Nicholls may never get the chance to train a triple Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, but he can at least lay claim to being fully familiar with the family after scoring for the second time in a week with a full-brother to Best Mate at Wincanton today.

Having struck with the quirky Cornish Rebel at Newbury on Sunday, it was the turn of the equally-enigmatic Inca Trail to come home in front as he benefited from an exemplary Ruby Walsh ride to win the Silver Buck Handicap Chase.