Saturday 6 January 2018 14:30, UK
We Have A Dream was made to pull out all the stops by Sussex Ranger in a cracking renewal of the Coral Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle at Chepstow.
Not entered in the original race due to be run on December 27, which was abandoned due to waterlogging, connections took advantage of its rescheduling and picked up a Grade One in the process.
Mercenaire put the pace to the race with the keen Sussex Ranger close behind.
Daryl Jacob tried to coax the 8-11 favourite We Have A Dream into contention on the bridle, but Sussex Ranger was a determined rival and stuck to his task gamely.
Nicky Henderson's charge was not to be denied though, and won by a length and a half to give owners Simon Munir and Isaac Souede another notable success.
Jacob told ITV Racing: "The ground is hard work, it's dead and we didn't go quick.
"He likes a nice, even gallop, he jumps better when they go a stride quicker but we wanted to teach him something today, winning at the same time. He's got to learn his trade and what happened today was perfect.
"He's won nicely enough in the end - we're all very happy with that."
The winner was cut to 7-1 from 8s by Paddy Power for the Triumph Hurdle.
