Monkfish maintained his unbeaten record over fences with a comprehensive success in the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase at Cheltenham. Monkfish won the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase on Wednesday after a late scareThe presence of the riderless Eklat De Rire, who unseated Rachael Blackmore earlier in the race, will have had Monkfish's supporters sweating in the home straight, as would a mistake at the final fence. 'It wasn't foot perfect today, but he's got the job done - the further I got up the hill the better,' he said. Mullins could reflect on a case of all well that ended well after Monkfish had won at the Festival for the second year running. 'The fact that you're 4-1 on in a three-mile novice chase going around Cheltenham, it can't get any more nerve-racking than that.

Source: Daily Mail March 17, 2021 14:09 UTC