Grand show from Crus

David Pipe was prepared to throw down the challenge to Big Buck’s after his grey Grands Crus ended up an astonishingly impressive winner of the Rewards4Racing Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Big Buck’s has evaded all challengers in the staying division for the last couple of years, taking the Ladbrokes World Hurdle on two occasions, but bookmakers were forced to make wholesale changes in their market for the Festival title.