Butterfly spreads her wings

Like-A-Butterfly has come good after a chequered season and the tough mare recorded her second big-race success in less than a fortnight with a convincing victory in the John Smith’s Mildmay Novices’ Chase at Aintree today.

After winning her first race over fences at Naas in November, she was pulled up at Leopardstown over Christmas and was later found to be suffering from a blood disorder.