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Dan Skelton has just missed out on the British title for Irish trainer Willie Mullins for the second year in a row and is gunning for a better title this season.
He said: “I’m very upset. Harry has given her a wonderful journey. I hope Bridget doesn’t go into labor too quickly.”
Panic Attack is the first mare to win the major race since Happy Diva in 2019.
It was the first success in the £160,000 chase for the brothers, who finished second to Spiritofthegames in 2020 and Protectorat the following year.
Saturday’s race is one of the first major races of the British jumps season, which finishes at the end of April.
Action continued at Cheltenham after the course passed a morning inspection, following heavy rain over the previous 24 hours when Storm Claudia hit the UK.
The race was held on Friday, the opening day of the three-day meeting, but 35mm of rain fell throughout the day, with rain changing to heavy and soft in places.
The turn into the home straight has been reconfigured to avoid flooded and inaccessible areas and the penultimate fence on the chase course will be crossed.
The go-ahead has also been given to race at Uttoxeter despite the meeting at Ireland’s Navan racecourse being cancelled, with the races rescheduled for Monday.
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