Willie Mullins domination may have been at the forefront of many minds coming into the first day of the Festival, but local hero Chianti Classico upset the Irish party in the Ultima Handicap Chase for Cheltenham-based trainer Kim Bailey.

Colonel Harry bounced back to winning ways to land the Grade 2 William Hill Towton Novices' Chase at Wetherby this afternoon.

Colonel Harry will be chasing a first-Graded victory in Saturday’s Towton Novices’ Chase at Wetherby.