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- Updated: January 1, 2017
A round-up of the rest of the New Year’s Day action from Cheltenham, where Shantou Flyer won the valuable handicap chase.
Shantou Flyer gave his new connections an immediate return on their investment by winning the £60,000 BetBright Best For Festival Betting Handicap Chase at Cheltenham.
Formerly trained in Ireland by Colin Bowe, the seven-year-old was having his first run for Rebecca Curtis and his first since the Galway Plate.
He crept into contention behind Village Vic, but did well to avoid the falling Henri Parry Morgan coming down the hill and then stayed on stoutly for Aidan Coleman.
Village Vic gave his usual bold sight but went down by three lengths behind the 20/1 shot. Top Gamble was third.
Curtis said: “That was nice, I was a bit …
