Whisky win sparks World bid

Oscar Whisky is poised to try to spoil Big Bucks' bid for a fourth Ladbrokes World Hurdle triumph following his emphatic victory in the Cheltenham & Three Counties Race Club Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Nicky Henderson indicated the staying championship would be the second of three more outings for the seven-year-old this season, in preference to another tilt at the Champion Hurdle in which he finished an honourable third to Hurricane Fly last year.