Ante-post favorite Outdated Park Star battled to get his head in entrance and declare the Skybet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, the opening race of the 2026 Cheltenham Competition.
Nicky Henderson’s unbeaten hurdler got here into the race because the 15-8 market chief beneath Nico de Boinville, and remained handily positioned as Sober Glory made the operating, with market rival Mighty Park monitoring them for Eire.
The latter dropped away fairly rapidly, nonetheless, and because the hill approached it was Mydaddypaddy who loomed and tried to throw down his personal problem.
However he was unable to outdo Outdated Park Star, who pressed on once more to come back out on high by a size and a half from Sober Glory, with Mydaddypaddy a nostril away in third.
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