Ahoy Senor galloped back into the Cheltenham Gold Cup picture with a poignant triumph at the track's Festival Trials Day fixture.
Lucinda Russell's stable star rediscovered his best form in the feature Grade 2 Paddy Power Cotswold Chase.
The 6-1 shot seized the initiative from Sounds Russian on the run to the final fence and mastered his battling rival a length and a half. After the one-two for northern stables, Russell paid tribute to her father Peter, who died at the age of 95 on Monday,
