LOYAL readers of the Bolton Evening News who prefer names to form were in the dosh after the first race at Cheltenham on Wednesday.

A gallant run by 33-1 outsider Our Ben earned third place - and a handy pay-out for each-way punters.

The winner No Refuge came with a withering late run to collar Henrietta Knight's Racing Demon in the shadow of the post, with Our Ben a fast-finishing third in the Rpoyal and Sun Alliance Novices Hurdle.

2.00 ROYAL & SUNALLIANCE HURDLE

1. No Refuge (G Lee) 17-2

2. Racing Demon14-1

3. Our Ben 33-1

20 ran (NR: 18)