Osprey swoops

Osprey View coped with wildly different conditions to his previous outings by flying away with the digibet Novices’ Hurdle at Uttoxeter.

Tony McCoy is starting to strike up a good partnership with the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained 5-5 favourite, who had triumphed on good to firm at Worcester last time, but the relentless rain had rendered ground in Staffordshire as soft, heavy in places.