Friday 4 November 2016 18:14, UK
Noel Fehily warmed up for his big-race ride aboard dual King George VI Chase winner Silviniaco Conti at Down Royal with a near 38/1 treble at Warwick.
The 40-year-old, who will be reunited with the Paul Nicholls-trained gelding in the JNWine.com Champion Chase on Saturday, started his haul with victory aboard Nucky Thompson (5/1) in the opening Willmott Dixon Supply Chain Juvenile Maiden Hurdle.
Having finished fourth on his hurdling debut at Wetherby, the three-year-old bettered that effort when making all to claim a neck victory in the two-mile heat and hand trainer Richard Spencer his first ever winner at the course from his first runner.
The Newmarket handler said: "He settled better today. The race at Wetherby was a falsely run race as the winner went off by 40 lengths and the rest hacked around and he was just too keen.
"We took the bull by the horns and settled him in front today. He is a very slick jumper and he jumped very well. Looking at the race he has just galloped them into the ground.
"Noel has given him a lovely front-running ride. He is different class."
He added: "We will try to make hay while the ground is like it is, as he doesn't mind it. We will see how he comes out of it and what the ground is like put - I might put him in a Triumph Hurdle trial at Cheltenham next weekend."
Neil Mulholland provided Fehily with his other two winners after the pair landed the Lewis Badges 1832 Novices' Chase with Pinkie Brown (5/6), before taking the Willmott Dixon Supply Chain Handicap Chase with Ballydague Lady (5/2).
Champion jockey Richard Johnson moved on to the 99-winner mark for the season after guiding the Nick Williams-trained Braventara (5/2) to a 20-length success in the Willmott Dixon Supply Chain Novices' Hurdle.
William Clarke celebrated a first winner over fences when partnering Vikekhal (7/2) to glory in the ROA/Racing Post Owners Jackpot Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase to complete an across-the-card double for trainer Gary Moore.
The Warren Greatrex-trained Odello (7/2) made a winning debut in the Willmott Dixon George Mernagh Memorial Mares' Standard Open National Hunt Flat, while the Grace Harris-trained Angus Glens (12/1) had the measure of his rivals in the Willmott Dixon Supply Chain Handicap Hurdle.
