Outsider Glory And Fortune lands valuable Betfair Hurdle

Glory And Fortune, a 20-1 outsider ridden by Stan Sheppard, held on bravely to beat I Like To Move It (12-1) and First Street (14-1) and land the £87,000 first prize in the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury on Saturday, the most valuable handicap hurdle of the National Hunt season.

There were still nearly a dozen runners within a couple of lengths of the lead as the field went over the second last, but Glory And Fortune had carved out a length advantage by the final flight and stayed on to win by a short head as I Like To Move It inched ever closer on the run to the line.

“I couldn’t figure out why he was the price he was,” Sheppard said. “He beat Soaring Glory at level weights [when they were second and third] in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton and we were getting weight off him today.”

Eldorado Allen stayed on well on his first attempt at three miles to win the Grade Two Denman Chase, beating Royale Pagaille and Clan Des Obeaux by two-and-a-quarter lengths and 10 after making most of the running.

Southwell 1.50 Strike Me A Pose 2.20 Good To Go 2.50 Fine Wine (nap) 3.20 The Dancing Poet 3.50 Aide Memoire 4.20 My Oberon 4.50 Cianciana (nb) 

Exeter 2.00 Gustavian 2.30 Doctor Ken 3.00 Stage Star 3.30 Emmpressive Lady 4.00 Snow Leopardess 4.30 Run To Milan 5.00 Altobelli 

The grey is entered for the Ryanair Chase, over two-and-a-half miles, at the Festival but Colin Tizzard, his trainer, will discuss the possibility of a supplementary entry for the Gold Cup with his owners.

At Warwick, Edwardstone confirmed himself the best of the British two-mile novice chasers with a straightforward defeat of Third Time Lucki in the Grade Two Kingmaker Chase. Alan King’s eight-year-old eased into the lead on the run to the third-last and was