Aramax (15/2) delivered a 1,019/1 four-timer on Wednesday at Cheltenham for owner J.P. McManus when powering home to win the Grade 3 Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle.

Wins for Champ, Dame De Compagnie and Easysland were the owner's other winners on the day.

It has also been a successful day for trainer Gordon Elliott, who added this victory to that of Envoi Allen earlier in the day.

For good measure Elliot trained the 1-3-4 in this race too. Mark Walsh drove the juvenile home a length clear of Night Edition (16/1, David Pipe/Tom Scudamore), with Elliott's Saint D'oroux (14/1) a further three lengths back in third. Stable companion Recent Revelations finished fourth.

The trainer said: "I was worried about the ground for all the horses but they ran well. Mark gave the winner a great ride, giving him a lovely bit of room the whole way around and he jumped well. We always thought this was the right race to go for."

For Mark Walsh this was a first winner of the week. He said: "It was a little bit rough early on over the first three hurdles. I pulled him out down the back for a little bit of light and, once I did that, he travelled a lot smoother and jumped a lot better.

"I got a nice lead into the straight off Daryl and didn't want to hit the front too soon but I could hear everyone coming behind me, so I had to keep going. Luckily, he winged the last and galloped all the way to the line.

"The second horse gave me a battle and he wanted it out there - he put his head down and galloped all the way to the line, so he is a good, tough horse."

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Tom Scudamore was pleased with the performance of Night Edition (16/1) who finished a creditable second. He said: "It felt like they went a really good gallop. I wasn't actually travelling that well early on, I was probably playing a bit of poker, but the further Night Edition went, the better he started going.

"He came on the bridle coming down the hill and, going down to the last, I thought that if we wing it, we will win. We have winged it and unfortunately the other horse has just found a bit more.

"Night Edition has come a long way in a very short space of time and everyone has done a cracking effort with him. To have improved as much as he done from Taunton until now speaks volumes for him and for everybody in the yard."

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