Spot is different class

Spot The Difference is a standing dish over the cross-country course at Cheltenham and he raised the roof on the first day of the Open meeting with victory in the Sporting Index Steeple Chase.

The Enda Bolger-trained 12-year-old won all three events staged here last season and the 13-8 favourite started the new campaign as he did the last when scoring by two and a half lengths from Lord Jack under regular pilot JT McNamara.