Impek victory boost for Mate team

Best Mate’s connections received a timely boost before his imminent reappearance as stablemate Impek gained a deserved success in the Bonusprint.com Old Roan Chase at Aintree.

Henrietta Knight’s nine-year-old has proved difficult to win with over the past few seasons but an inspired decision by his trainer and rider Timmy Murphy to allow him to make the running produced a different horse.