ran his rivals ragged to claim a wide-margin victory in the Grade Two Ebony Horse Club Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase at
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After odds-on favourite Jingko Blue parted company with Nico de Boinville early on, Brendan Powell set a strong gallop on The Changing Man and gradually established a sizeable advantage.
Peaky Boy cried enough before the fourth-last and although Leave Of Absence tried to chase down the runaway leader, he never looked like landing a telling blow.
The Changing Man, who had been second in each of his last three races, kept up the gallop to run out a 24-length winner at 7-2.
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