Stage Star jumped his rivals into submission in the Turners Novices’ Chase to end Paul Nicholls’ three-year drought at the Cheltenham Festival.

Dan Skelton is keen to have a crack at Arkle winner Edwardstone with Nube Negra in the Shloer Chase at Cheltenham on Sunday week.

Nicky Henderson said racing may have lost its best friend, but the country had lost its greatest servant, as he paid tribute to the Queen.

The Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase was billed as round two of heavyweight two-mile chasers Shishkin and Energumene, but in the end, there was only one horse in it.

Nicky Henderson will bid for a record seventh Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase feeling that Shishkin has the edge over Energumene in their eagerly-awaited rematch.