Native jockey Ben Jones rode Ben Pauling-trained Handstands to victory within the Grade 2 Towton Novices’ Chase at Ffos Las.
The race – the richest of the season – had been switched from frozen Wetherby to the Carmarthenshire course.
Ffos Las hosted on Saturday after poor climate situations compelled a swap of the eight-race assembly at brief discover from Wetherby.
The £40,000 prize pot meant the two-mile race was essentially the most worthwhile Ffos Las has staged this season after the £50,000 Welsh Champion Hurdle ran again in October.
The going at Ffos Las in Carmarthenshire was formally described as tender and handed a last course inspection on Saturday morning.