EDWARDSTONE powered to the accolade of Britain’s best two-miler over fences with a nine-length triumph in the Tingle Creek Chase.
Sandown Park punters sent last season’s Arkle Challenge Trophy hero off at 5-1 for his first foray out of novice chases, with Shishkin, diagnosed with a bone disorder after pulling up in Cheltenham’s Queen Mother Champion Chase, the 6-5 favourite and 2021 Tingle Creek hero Greaneteen next best at 2-1.
But Tom Cannon’s mount belied his outsider-of-three status – the remaining trio in the six-runner line-up went off at double-figure odds – lengthening away from the defending champion, who had six lengths in hand of the Nicky Henderson-saddled market leader.
