Punters in seventh heaven as favourites go through the card at Catterick

Tuesday: Catterick

It was a day to remember for punters as the Dan Skelton-trained debutant Kracka Nut's win in the bumper meant a favourite won all seven races on the card.

The tone was set when the Ryan Potter-trained Pittsburg, who had not been sent off shorter than 150-1 in seven starts and was still available at 18-1 only a couple of hours before the opening 2m3½f amateur jockeys' handicap hurdle, was heavily backed into 11-4 joint-favouritism just before the off and obliged under Alice Stevens by a neck.

The long odds-on Brorson was then steered to a first career success in the 2m3½f novice hurdle by Sean Bowen, who has now ridden a winner at every British jumps track. The victory also brought up 34 winners for the season for trainer Martin Keighley, equalling his career-best total.

Punters were on good terms with themselves in the following 2m3f handicap chase punters with the victory of the Sam England-trained 4-1 favourite Spot On Soph

Inca Prince, who chased home Triumph Hurdle favourite Fil Dor and recent Listed Aintree scorer Sea Sessions at Down Royal last time out, made the perfect start on his stable debut for Ruth Jefferson as the 85-40 favourite took the juvenile hurdle under Jamie Hamilton.

The odds-on Vee Dancer, who landed a significant gamble for Ronan McNally at Huntingdon ten days ago, completed a quickfire hat-trick in Britain under Kevin Brogan, comfortably shouldering a 7lb penalty incurred for a win at Hereford on Saturday to take the 3m1½f handicap hurdle.

After the Charlie Todd-ridden Out On The Tear took the 1m7½f handicap chase for a second year running for Sam Allwood punters were left hoping that Kracka Nut could deliver on his first racecourse appearance for the Skeltons in the bumper, which he duly did.

There was to be no fairytale debut for Burrow Seven as rugby league star Rob Burrow watched the Jedd O'Keeffe-trained four-year-old named in his honour stay on to finish fifth in the same race.

Despite it being a good day for individual favourite backers, Paddy Power spokesman Paul Binfield revealed there had been few creative enough to put all seven together.

He said: "The day didn't start off too well with the winner of the first race Pittsburg landing a successful late gamble, going off 11-4 having been as big as 16-1 earlier in the day.

"Overall well done to favourite backers but we didn't get too badly hit with multiples at all. The first winner was the big one for us really."

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