Golden Ace returned to winning ways in gutsy fashion when coming out on top in a battle with Burdett Road in the BetMGM Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton.
Striking aces! ??
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Jeremy Scott’s seven-year-old famously beat Brighterdaysahead in the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at last season’s Cheltenham Festival but failed to reproduce that form in her first two outings this term.
Dropped back in distance to two miles for this Grade 2 contest, Lorcan Williams was hard at work on Golden Ace turning for home but she responded well to that pressure.
The 6/5 favourite stayed on in determined fashion to beat Christmas Hurdle third Burdett Road by three-quarters of a length.
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