Pipe back among the winners

Martin Pipe brought to an end a losing run stretching back almost two weeks when 9-4 favourite Lough Derg landed the Christine Loze Birthday Beginners’ Chase at Exeter.

The 15-times champion trainer had gone 47 runners without a winner before Tom Scudamore’s mount came to the rescue, beating Tighten Your Belt and Bob Bob Bobbin by six lengths and three and a half.