Kabral Du Mathan oozes class in Relkeel romp

Dan Skelton's charge is now a 5-1 chance from 8s with Coral for the Stayers' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, with Dan Skelton favouring a direct route to the big day in March

UPWARD CURVE: Kabral Du Mathan and Harry Skelton, right, en route to winning the Dornan Engineering Relkeel Hurdle at Cheltenham.  Picture: Healy Racing

Kabral Du Mathan sprinted clear of his rivals to run out a comfortable winner of the Dornan Engineering Relkeel Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Sent off the 8-15 favourite for Dan and Harry Skelton after a wide-margin win on his debut for the yard, Kabral Du Mathan travelled supremely well throughout the extended two-and-a-half-mile affair as Gowel Road set out to make all with Jingko Blue in pursuit.