 The race itself bore out the confidence of Bailey.In the hands of stable jockey Norman Williamson, Alderbrook travelled easily in the race and won by 8 lengths.Such was the manner of his success that David Gandolfo, the trainer of the runner-up Trying Again, stated he would not re-oppose Alderbrook at the Cheltenham Festival as he could not foresee his horse reversing the form against a horse likely to improve for the run.