Buck's on the money

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Sunday November 29 2009

Big Buck's made the perfect return for owner Andy Stewart and trainer Paul Nicholls when outclassing his rivals in the sportingbet.com Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury.

The World Hurdle hero laughed at the front-running Lough Derg all the way up the straight to win unchallenged.

Ruby Walsh held on to him until letting out an inch of rein on the run-in, where the 2/5 favourite quickly settled the issue, scoring by seven lengths. Some bookmakers were forced to make Big Buck's odds-on to retain his staying hurdle crown in March, such was the welter of money.

Coral are 4/5 from 6/4 for the Cheltenham Festival contest, but you can get 5/4 (from 7/4) with William Hill while the six-year-old is 5/4 from 6/4 with Ladbrokes.

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