Another winner for Nicholls

Paul Nicholls took up from where he left off as Natal ran out an easy winner of the opening contest on Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup day at Newbury.

Fresh from having sent out a treble on the first day of the meeting, the trainer was back in the winner’s enclosure again after the 5-2 favourite took the cantorspreadfair.com Novices’ Hurdle by an easy 16 lengths from Fandani.