Striking a Pose appeared to appreciate the step up in trip to win comfortably under Robbie Power. Still only a 4 year old he defied top weight to win by 8 lengths. A lovely and progressive young horse.
Darlac displayed a confident and slick round of jumping to win the Wetherbys Racing Bank Silver Buck Handicap Chase, a race won last year by Copperhead for the same owner Mrs Gill Pritchard.