Skyjack Hijack win run ended as Jet Blue strikes for France

French raider Jet Blue stayed on strongly to run out a convincing winner of the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Market leader Skyjack Hijack set out to make all in his bid for a seventh straight success but this step up to Grade Two company found him out and Jet Blue (9-2) breezed past in the home straight under James Reveley.

Despite making a bit of a mess of the final hurdle, the five-year-old kicked again up the hill to score by six and a half lengths from Western Knight.

Jet Blue had previously claimed three bumper victories and one success over timber for Hugo Merienne but was having his first outing for David Cottin at Prestbury Park.

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