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ROCK ON EARNS FRY PRAISE.

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Harry Fry was full of praise for Rock On Ruby after his stable star finished second to Hurricane Fly in the Stan James Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.

The eight-year-old, who won the title last season when his training was supervised by Fry at Paul Nicholls' satellite yard, made a bold bid from the front and galloped all the way to the line to ensure the winner pulled out all the stops.

"We've gone out there and served it up to them and just been beaten by a true champion and a better horse on the day," said the young trainer

SIMONSIG SCRAPS TO ARKLE GLORY.

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Red-hot favourite Simonsig was made to pull out all the stops to claim the Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival.

Unbeaten in two previous starts over fences, Nicky Henderson's dashing grey was an 8-15 market leader and travelled powerfully throughout in the hands of Barry Geraghty. He was left in front after Overturn blundered his way over the third-last.

There was still time for a scare for odds-on backers, though, as Mouse Morris's 33-1 outsider Baily Green tracked him into the straight, but Simonsig found enough after the final fence to seal a two-and-a-quarter-length triumph.