GREANETEEN continued his climb through the two-mile chasing ranks with a cheeky win in the Haldon Gold Cup.
The improving six-year-old cruised through the race under Harry Cobden and mowed down Moonlighter in the final strides to win snugly in the Exeter feature.
The bookies were impressed, with Betfair halving his odds for the Tingle Creek into 6-1 from 12s.
If you’d taken the 15-8 about the favourite, Cobden will have filled you with confidence throughout.
The horse jumped well and picked off his rivals one by one, and as they the approached the final two fences he had the long-time leader Moonlighter (10-1) firmly in his sights.
That rival refused to lie down without a fight and gained the upper hand with a slick jump at the final fence.
But Cobden’s confidence was rewarded as Greaneteen picked up smartly to give Paul Nicholls his seventh win in the Grade 2.
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