Alan King's Arkle hero Edwardstone announced his contention as Champion Chase contender as he cruised to victory in the Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown.
The eight-year-old – who ended the Barbury Castle handler’s seven-year Cheltenham Festival drought earlier this year – had a frustrating season, missing both the Shloer Chase at Cheltenham and in handicap company at Ascot the following weekend on account of unsuitably quick ground.
However, he proved well worth the wait and having been smuggled into contention by big-race pilot Tom Cannon, showed a frightening turn of foot once tackling Greaneteen at the second-last and stormed clear up the Sandown hill to record an emphatic nine-length success at 5-1, with Shishkin another six lengths back in third.
