• Barry Geraghty’s mount beats old rival Un De Sceaux• Ballyandy wins in photo for Haydock’s Champion Hurdle TrialDefi Du Seuil was a very classy winner of the Clarence House Chase, confirming himself as the best
British chaser over two miles this season. Philip Hobbs’s star cruised along for much of the race and settled it by quickening clear of Un De Sceaux soon after the second-last.
Having shot clear, the 11-10 joint-favourite eased down on the run-in to score by two and three-quarter lengths under Barry Geraghty. Un De Sceaux had been just a neck behind him in last month’s Tingle Creek and as a triple winner of the Clarence House was expected to make another close race of it. But, at the age of 12, he may not be quite the force of old.