NASSALAM'S TRIUMPH

Charlie McCann is impressed by the Fontwell winner

- Charlie McCann

I wasn’t overly impressed with the quality on display at Cheltenham’s November Meeting save the Novice Chases - and I didn’t see much over the three days that would instil fear into the hearts of Willie Mullins or Gordon Elliot.

Indeed, Elliot won the Juvenile Hurdle with a slow old boat - Duffle Coat - who merely stayed on up the hill when the home challenge had cried enough to win a poor renewal of the Grade 2 contest. There is likely to be a decent British juvenile warming up at Seven Barrows or Ditcheat, but if we saw a Cheltenham Festival winner last weekend was it at Fontwell Park?