Great success for Royal Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare (9-4) gained a deserved success in the Agfa Hurdle - but he was somewhat fortunate that German raider Fiepes Shuffle fell at the last when clear.

An ex-sprinter in his native homeland, the Christian Von Der Recke trained six-year-old set an express gallop in front and looked to have the race in the bag when he sent Robert Thornton crashing at the last flight.