All goes to plan as Johns makes sure weight advantage tells in exhibition round

Kovera landed his first win under rules when turning in an exhibition round of jumping to leave favourite The Ogle Gogle Man in the shade in the 3m 2½f novice handicap chase.

The 9-4 chance did not see another rival under Alan Johns, who made the most of the fact that the former winning point-to-pointer had just 10st 1lb to carry.

Kovera had previously finished a decent second at Southwell and connections may well want to run him again soon given that he stretched away from the last to win by 18 lengths.