Edwardstone rolls back the years in Celebration Chase

Alan King’s veteran Edwardstone won the fourth Grade One contest of his long career in the bet365 Celebration Chase at Sandown.

But on a day when Dan Skelton was crowned champion trainer for the first time and became the first man to break through the £5m prize-money barrier, his Thistle Ask, who had been such a star all season, suffered what proved a fatal injury in the two-mile feature.