Mr Dibbs responds to first-time blinkers Mr Dibbs (8/1) won the stamina test in the Solar Generation Handicap Hurdle over an extended 3m1f, with first-time blinkers working the oracle. The seven-year-old gelding had to work hard to wear down Survivors Sister on the run-in, but he then faced a stern challenge in the closing stages from a staying-on Evans Secret. It was nip and truck between the pair, who raced almost track-width apart, and it was Mr Dibbs who held a definitive lead close home which was confirmed as a neck. Evans Secret had to settle for second at 11/1 as Survivors Sister (25/1) weakened some eight and a-half lengths away in third. Michael Kenneally said: "Sam (Curling) put a pair of blinkers on him and it made all the difference. He travelled sweetly, jumped well and was game to the line. "I wasn't going to chase the clear leader, I was happy to sit where I was. "I wasn't surprised to see Phillip (Enright, on runner-up Evans Secret) arrive upsides me, he rode this lad the last day. Phillip doesn't miss much!" Additional reporting by Mark Nunan
