Paisley Park raises the roof at Kempton with Long Walk triumph

Jockey Aidan Coleman (right) in the parade ring after winning The Ladbrokes Long Walk Hurdle on Paisley Park during day one of the Ladbrokes Christmas Festival at Kempton Racecourse, Sunbury-on-Thames. Picture  John Walton/PA Wire. 

Paisley Park raised the roof at Kempton by winning the rescheduled Ladbrokes Long Walk Hurdle.

Trainer Emma Lavelle had voiced concerns pre-race that staging the race at such a sharp track would not suit her stable star - and that looked sure to be proven right as the soon-to-be 11-year-old began to lose touch turning into the straight.