Perfect start over fences for Shantou Village

Neil Mulholland: perfect start with Shantou Village

Neil Mulholland: enjoyed a good day with stable stars Fox Norton and Shantou VillageCredit: Edward Whitaker

Shantou Village made the perfect start to his chasing career and threw in an educational mistake at the last for good measure to have his 2-11 backers catch their breath before his stroll home.

The Grade 2 winner over hurdles who was one of the few Cheltenham Festival favourites to fail was left to come home unchallenged after the Paul Nicholls-trained Abidjan fell five out.

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Bruce JacksonReporter

Published on 25 August 2016inReports

Last updated 18:27, 25 August 2016

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