'Smart' Anytime Will Do puts down marker as Skelton approach pays off

On a day when Sky Bet renewed their sponsorship of the Supreme Novices' Hurdle for five more years, Anytime Will Do might well have provided an early pointer for the Cheltenham Festival opener next March after extending his unbeaten record to three.

Record-breaking trainer Dan Skelton fired four darts at the 2m½f novice hurdle and hit the bullseye with the 5-4 favourite, who booked his place for the BetVictor meeting at Cheltenham next month.

The winner of a Taunton bumper, Anytime Will Do made an impressive hurdle debut at Uttoxeter this month and the form was franked when runner-up Foxtrot Juliet won at Wincanton on Sunday.