War back to winning ways

War Of Attrition recorded a heartwarming success in the Grade Two Alo Duffin Memorial Galmoy Hurdle for Mouse Morris.

The 2006 Cheltenham Gold Cup hero has spent plenty of time on the sidelines since his glory days and was sent off at 6-1 to gain his first success in over a year.

Sporting cheekpieces for the first time, the 11-year-old jumped impeccably throughout for Slippers Madden at the head of affairs.

The veteran had all of his rivals in trouble turning for home and found plenty for pressure in the straight to beat Powerstation and Tony McCoy by four lengths.

Victor Chandler reacted with a 33-1 quote for the World Hurdle at Cheltenham.

A delighted Morris said: ``I got great pleasure out of that - it was great to see and he did it well.

“There were no excuses for the others. They all had their chances. He had a real sparkle about him today and his ears were pricked the whole way.

“I haven’t had that much pleasure since he won the Gold Cup. He’s in the World Hurdle but the (Aintree) Grand National is the plan and he’ll be retired after that.”

William Hill go 33-1 from 40s for Aintree.

Madden added: “He’s a lovely horse to ride and the cheekpieces helped him to travel. He seemed to enjoy it in front – he jumped big at a few but he enjoyed it.

“He was always going to improve from his last run at Leopardstown. We were a bit worried about the slower ground but he’s one of those horses you just enjoy riding.”