Horse & Hound

‘I'm really going to savour this’

HIGHLIGHTS

19 November

Edited by Jennifer Donald

jennifer.donald@futurenet.com

@jen_donald

Haydock Park Racecourse, Merseyside

PROTEKTORAT, third in last season's Gold Cup, proved he can be a serious force to be reckoned with in the ranks of staying chasers this season when winning the Betfair Chase at Haydock.

Dan Skelton's seven-year-old, beaten 17½ lengths by A Plus Tard at Cheltenham in March, started jumping his way into the five-runner contest when they

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