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Mr Buttons serves up a tasty treat for Hanagan and Fahey on Easter Sunday
Mick Appleby (left) receives his championship cheque from Southwell director Mark Clayton
They were handing out Easter Eggs to children on the gate before racing and Mr Buttons kept the chocolate theme going when landing the first two-year-old race of the year at the Nottinghamshire circuit.
The debutant was completing a double for Paul Hanagan and Richard Fahey when getting up to deny Arthur's Spirit, who was one of two racefit runners in the seven-strong field.
The winner wasn't the biggest specimen in the paddock but the members of Fahey's own Ebor Racing Club were certainly not complaining.
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