Royale Pagaille beat Gray Dawning in an exciting end to win a second successive Betfair Chase at Haydock Park.
Underneath jockey Charlie Deutsch, Royale Pagaille was in entrance for a lot of the race earlier than Gray Dawning, ridden by Harry Skelton, moved into the lead after the penultimate fence.
Nonetheless, Gray Dawning had a poor soar on the closing fence and Royale Pagaille, skilled by Venetia Williams, capitalised by preventing again to comply with up final yr’s victory within the race.
“For him to do it twice actually units it in stone – simply unimaginable,” Deutsch instructed ITV Racing.
“When Harry [Skelton] got here to us I assumed we had been beat however I dug in to see how a lot we had left. He actually tries onerous.
“He actually needed to dig deep. I feel it was simply real character that bought him the race.”
Royale Pagaille joins Kauto Star, Bristol De Mai, Cue Card and Silviniaco Conti in turning into a a number of winner of the Betfair Chase.