One digs deep for Twiston-Davies.
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It was thought the Doom Bar Aintree Hurdle would provide a simple way for connections of The New One to start picking up the pieces of their Cheltenham Festival disappointment - but it proved a far closer-run thing as the 4-9 favourite held on by the skin of his teeth.
Although trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies and his jockey-son Sam are generally laid-back characters, both were fairly distraught after he was badly hampered by the fatal fall of Our Conor in the Champion Hurdle and could only recover third place behind Jezki and My Tent Or Yours.
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Silviniaco takes Aintree gold.
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Noel Fehily admitted to being haunted as to why Silviniaco Conti has yet to win a Cheltenham Gold Cup but the jockey could take some comfort in the chestnut's follow-up victory at Aintree.
Silviniaco Conti (9-4) was still leading on the run-in and wandered across the course as Lord Windermere and two other late finishers rushed past, but he added this Grade One prize to his most important one to date, the King George VI Chase at Kempton.
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