Four up at Cheltenham for Gordon Elliott

Winner number four for Gordon Elliott when Cause of Causes completed a one-two for the trainer and gave owner JP McManus his second successive victory in the Cross Country Chase after Josies Orders and Nina Carberry were promoted 12 months ago.

Cause of Causes was one of four McManus-owned runners in the race with the other three trained by Enda Bolger and they finished third, fourth and seventh - Cantlow (9/4 fav) was in third ahead of Auvergnat in fourth.

It was a third win at Cheltenham for the winner which won for the first time on the track at Kilbeggan in 2012 when owned by Timeform Betfair RacingClubLtd.

The Elliott-trained Bless The Wings took the runner-up position for Davy Russell.