Riders Onthe Storm helps one player rocket up the leaderboard

Riders Onthe Storm's Grade 1 success in an incident-packed Ascot Chase on Saturday helped one Tote Ten To Follow player shoot from 31st to joint-second on the leaderboard.

James Welsh 41 has moved 29 places up the table after the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained chaser landed his first top-level success in a contest which saw Traffic Fluide and Cyrname fall at the final fence. Riders Onthe Storm bagged 28.7 points for that effort.

Cracking Smart was the biggest individual scorer of the week. He added 20.8 points for his Tote Win/Place return to his 20 Grade 2 points with victory in the Boyne Hurdle at Navan on Sunday.

Bonus points could be collected by Cheltenham Festival-bound runners next month, with Champion Hurdle hopeful Cilaos Emery (17.2), Stayers' Hurdle contender Emitom (24.5) and Grand National entry Ballyoptic (23.6) among those to accumulate points over the weekend.

Other runners throughout last week to gain points included McFabulous (12.2), Greaneteen (11.2), Chris’s Dream (24.8) and First Flow (11.5).

LEADERBOARD TOP TEN

Kevin G Stable1 403.7
Bernard Davies D Stable1 380.3
James Welsh 41 380.3
Nicholas Crisp no.1 372.9
Nicholas C Stable10 372.7
Kevin G Stable33 370.3
Nicholas C Stable3 366.5
Jamie H Stable 6 364.4
Andrew W Stable8 364.3
Davie Orr 363.4
Malcolm B Stable9 363.4
User Stable1 363
D41 362.4
James R Jo 360.4
Elaine W Stable1 360.1
Nicholas C Stable6 359.3
Chosen Few 359.1
Chief Again 358.6
Nicholas C Stable16 357.4
Michael A Stable 1 357.3

LEADING 20 HORSES

Pic D'Orhy 94
Honeysuckle 80.3
Potters Corner 77.4
Delta Work 62.1
De Rasher Counter 60.9
Notebook 60.3
Clan Des Obeaux 57.8
Faugheen 57.5
Defi Du Seuil 56.5
Envoi Allen 54.7
Itchy Feet 46.5
Epatante 45.9
Esprit Du Large 45.4
Native River 44.1
Slate House 43.5
Riders Onthe Storm 43.1
Elimay 41.5
Lady Buttons 41.2
Cracking Smart 40.8
Greaneteen 40.8

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