Ballyadam cut to 7-1 for Supreme as Gordon Elliott lands four-timer

It is early days, but if events at Fairyhouse in the last throes of November are anything to go by Cheltenham in March promises to be something of a beano for Gordon Elliott.

In the space of just over an hour on a crisp afternoon at the County Meath venue, Elliott-trained horses tightened their grip on the ante-post markets for three of the festival's Grade 1s.

Envoi Allen's emphatic Drinmore Chase triumph set the standard, but Ballyadam's decisive baroneracing.com Royal Bond Novice Hurdle victory in the same Cheveley Park Stud colours was arguably more informative.