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HURRICANE FLY completed a hat-trick in the Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown on Friday, regaining the winning thread having finished third in the defence of his crown at Cheltenham.

BIG BUCK'S galloped into history at Aintree on Thursday as he landed his 17th successive win over hurdles, surpassing Sir Ken's record, when taking a fourth Liverpool Hurdle.

QUEEN Mother Champion Chase hero Finian's Rainbow will face a maximum of ten rivals when he contests Friday's John Smith´s Melling Chase at Aintree.

TRAINER David Pipe has urged racing fans to keep the faith with Grands Crus following the seven-year-old's disappointing effort in the RSA Chase at Cheltenham last Wednesday.

CLIVE SMITH, owner of horse of a lifetime Kauto Star, said it was 90 per cent certain that the dual Gold Cup winner had run his last race after he was pulled up in this year's renewal on Friday.

BELLVANO led home a 1-2 for Nicky Henderson in the concluding race named in honour of his father to complete a memorable week for the record-breaking trainer

ATTAGLANCE made it an unforgettable Cheltenham Festival for Malcolm Jefferson. The trainer added to the win of Cape Tribulation in the Thursday's Pertemps Final when narrowly landing an exciting renewal of the Martin Pipe Hurdle.

SYNCHRONISED outstayed his rivals up the famous Cheltenham hill under an impressive ride by Tony McCoy to give jump racing's leading owner JP McManus a first win in the Gold Cup.

BRINDISI BREEZE, trained in Scotland by Lucinda Russell, made just about all the running to land the Albert Bartlett from hot-favourite Boston Bob, to give the trainer and jockey Campbell Gillies a first success at the festival.

TONY McCOY had to wait to the final day of the Festival but he finally bagged a winner, when Alderwood overcame a difficult path in running to take things up after the last and surge clear on the run in for the 16-time champion jockey.