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Adam Nicol's Minella Study maintained his unbeaten record in emphatic style in the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle at Cheltenham .

Victories at Musselburgh and Wetherby had marked him out as an above-average early juvenile, but this performance took him to another level.

Towards the head of affairs with Harry Derham's prolific winner One Horse Town, the two turned into the straight with it seemingly between them.

Grand National winner Ryan Mania knew what he had underneath him, though, and began to forge clear approaching the last.

He was spring-heeled at it and the 5-1 chance pulled six-and-a-half lengths clear of Winston Junior with the odds-on favourite One Horse Town back in third.

The winner was given a 16-1 quote for the Triumph Hurdle at the Che

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