Wall takes Cheltenham honours

Darby Wall made amends for a fall at the previous meeting by battling to success in the paddypower.com Amateur Riders’ Handicap Chase at Cheltenham.

Darby Wall made amends for a fall at the previous meeting by battling to success in the paddypower.com Amateur Riders’ Handicap Chase at Cheltenham.

Enda Bolger’s eight-year-old tipped up when sent off the 3-1 favourite at the track just over two weeks ago, but he barely put a foot wrong when scoring under John Thomas McNamara.

The 6-1 chance travelled like a dream for his pilot and after nudging into the lead turning for home, he was all out to hold the rallying No Guarantees by a neck, with Exstoto five lengths adrift in third.

Bolger said: “He was free and fresh the last time he ran here so we changed his training regime and he settled better.

“He was running out of steam at the end there so we will probably drop him back to two miles and five furlongs for another amateur riders’ race at the next meeting here in December.”

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