MANY congratulations to Sam Ewing who recorded his first Cheltenham Festival success last Friday afternoon in the Grade 1 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle on the Gordon Elliott-trained Stellar Story.

And what a ride the 20-year-old Ballyclare jockey gave the Gigginstown House Stud-owned Shantou gelding, getting the 33/1 shot up in the final strides to beat the longtime leader, The Jukebox Man, by a head.