Handstands appears to have earned himself a place on Ben Pauling’s Cheltenham Festival squad after maintaining his unbeaten record in the M1 Agency Sidney Banks Memorial Novices’ Hurdle at Huntingdon.
Dan Skelton’s classy mare, who finished third in the Champion Bumper last season, left it late to collar the gutsy Gentleman At Arms in a thrilling finish to the Listed contest at Huntingdon.