Pipe In Pole Position

David Pipe is leading the race to be top trainer at the Cheltenham Festival with two winners and three seconds going into the final day of the meeting.

The Somerset trainer consolidated his position when Our Vic landed the Ryanair Chase under Timmy Murphy.

He is being hotly pursued by Alan King, who has the same number of winners but only one second to his name, while Howard Johnson is also on the two-winner mark but without any placed horses.

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls got on the scoresheet courtesy of Master Minded in the Queen Mother Champion Chase and is in fourth place.

Robert Thornton is leading the way to be top jockey at Cheltenham with two winners and a second, but Denis O´Regan is challenging him with two winners after the success of Inglis Drever in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle.

Champion jockey Tony McCoy opened his account with Albertas Run in the Royal and Sun Alliance Chase and is in third place.

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