NICKY Henderson dominated the Kempton card with four winners including a return to winning ways for Mister Fisher (158) in the Grade 2 Silviniaco Conti Chase, while Cobblers Dream also impressed over hurdles.
Rouge Vif put the pace to the Grade 2 feature chase and judged by the overall race time set a gallop more akin to his natural trip of two miles which is confirmed by the overall race time being 7.8secs faster than Falco Blitz (136) with the differential in the final circuit being only 3.6secs.
Mister Fisher was at ease through the contest and after taking up the running between the final two fences the eight-year-old completed the closing stages in 71.7secs, which was 1.4secs quicker than Falco Blitz.
Interestingly, stablemate Caribean Boy (147) posted 72.0secs for the concluding sectional even though he raced over half a mile further.
Cobblers Dream (136) fairly sprinted away from the Lanzarote Hurdle field after the last hurdle to record a convincing win and the quickest data over hurdles.
The concluding two-mile handicap was the only other event to be run at a true gallop and Ben Case’s improving six-year-old was 2.7secs faster over the final circuit including being 1.4secs quicker from the third last hurdle.
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