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Grumeti was awarded the JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial at Cheltenham after a stewards' enquiry.
The orginial first-past-the-post was the Paul Nicholls-trained Pearl Swan, but he hung to his right on the run-in under Ruby Walsh and gave the runner-up a couple of hefty bumps in the process.
Just a short-head separated them at the line but the stewards were straight into action and saw enough to reverse the result after an enquiry
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The winner and runner-up are 9-1 with Sky Bet for the Triumph Hurdle at the Festival while Walsh was handed a three-day ban for his ride on Pearl Swan.
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Calgary Bay (12-1) stayed on strongly to win the Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster.
The winner has spent some time in the doldrums but made it two wins in the space of a month after his victory at Cheltenham on New Year's Day.
The winner was given a beautifully patient ride by Dominic Elsworth as his mount gradually crept into contention three from home.
He was upsides at the second last with Shakalakaboomboom (6-1) but a slick jump at the final fence by Henreitta Knight's inmate gave him the impetus to go on and score by two and a half lengths.
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Midnight Chase (9-2) notched another win at his beloved Cheltenham in the Argento Chase.
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Neil Mulholland's stable star was recording a fifth win at the track as he adopted his usual front-running tactics and got into a good ryhthm with his jumping.
The challengers lined up in behind on the second circuit headed by Little Josh and Diamond Harry but they had both been seen off at the second last.
It left Tidal Bay to go in pursuit in the closing stages after Ruby walsh cajoled him into contention but he could not reel in the gallant winner and went down by two and three quarter lengths.
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Mulholland added: "I thought he was in the same form as a year ago but he's got stronger and he's very genuine.
"He loves racing and he loves Cheltenham so he has to go for the Gold Cup after that."
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