Buveur d'Air is Christmas cracker at Kempton Buveur D'Air had no trouble taking his winning streak to eight when he stamped his authority in the Unibet Christmas Hurdle at Kempton. The New One gave the reigning Champion Hurdle hero a lead from flag-fall until after the second-last flight where Buveur D'Air ranged alongside Nigel Twiston-Davies' popular performer. Barry Geraghty asked Nicky Henderson's six-year-old for a bold leap at the last and the 2-11 shot attacked the obstacle before bounding two and a quarter lengths clear. "It would be one of the greats." Nicky Henderson eyes Faugheen clash with Buveur D'Air at #TheFestival after bloodless win at @kemptonparkrace ➡️ https://t.co/xBMW5ywssn pic.twitter.com/N0mcEqmDeT— Racing UK (@Racing_UK) December 26, 2017 Geraghty told ITV Racing: "The New One is no mug, so I had to go for everything, but he's such a slick hurdler. "He was very professional and relaxed. He jumped nicely, travelled, quickened and won as he had to." Henderson said: "I watched him over the first two and he was quite low, Barry said you wouldn't see anything quicker from A to B. "He said he was too young to remember See You Then but that was also his asset. The great thing is he just flicks the top bar but his knees are up, his feet are in and out and he's gone. "That was great. He needs to run again and he's still not lighter than he was at the start of the year. "The race at Sandown (Contenders) is a possibility but he needs to go somewhere. The good old The New One is probably fed up of seeing Henderson at the moment as Tent (My Tent Or Yours) did him last week at Cheltenham. "We'll talk to JP (McManus) and they'll have a plan afoot. Would he go to Ireland? I don't honestly know. There's the Contenders or the Kingwell (Wincanton)." Asked if connections of Faugheen would be fearful after that success, the trainer replied: "I hope so. I hope they didn't enjoy watching it. We did, though, because he had to go and do it like that." Bryony Frost landed the first Grade One of her career on the redoubtable Black Corton in a dramatic race for the 32Red Kauto Star Novices' Chase. Frost was emulating Lizzie Kelly, who achieved the feat on Tea For Two in the same race in 2015, but it did not seem possible until the race changed complexion when Mia's Storm fell at the fifth-last fence and Fountains Windfall came down four out when in front. That left Black Corton (4-1) at the head of affairs and the Paul Nicholls-trained six-year-old, winning for the seventh time since June, kept on gallantly to score by a length and a half from Elegant Escape. Frost said: "This little horse started off just an average little chap at the back of the classroom but now he's an A-star student. It just shows if you are brave what you can achieve. I'm so proud of him. I live for sitting on the back of a horse and he's my hero. I hadn't even remembered it was a Grade One - it's amazing."
