Harry Senior impressed when landing the Grade 2 Ballymore Novices' Hurdle for trainer Colin Tizzard in the hands of Robbie Power .
The son of Oscar put in a good round of jumping before he went on to fend off a number of challengers at the final two hurdles and the 4/1 shot then dug deep after jumping the penultimate obstacle to come home two-and-a-quarter lengths in front of King Roland.
The six-year-old made his debut under rules at Bangor-on-dee in April 2019 where he finished third and got off the mark at the fifth time of asking when recording a five-length victory at Cheltenham in December, meaning he has now landed back-to-back successes having found success again today.
The gelding was due to run at Warwick two weeks ago, but got loose beforehand and had to be withdrawn.
Harry Senior started life out with handler Denis Murphy when placing third at Lingstown in his four-year-old maiden in the hands of Jamie Codd back in 2018.
“He had a little bit of blood showing in front (at Warwick), but you can’t blame the vets,” said winning trainer Colin Tizzard to Racing Tv.
“He just knocked his shin and Robbie said he cut himself shaving more. You don’t know what is underneath the blood and it was the right thing to do.
“It gave him another fortnight from his last run and that wasn’t wasted on him. He was best turned out as he looked well today. It is a funny old world.
“We thought Slate House would run a hell of a race (in the Cotswold Chase) and this one might struggle and this one bolts up.
“The way he travels, he almost goes to sleep – he would stay three miles on good spring ground. I’m sure we will go for the three-miler, but he will have an entry in the Ballymore. He won’t run again before Cheltenham as we would like to think he could run again at Aintree or Punchestown.”
