But super-cool Moore never panicked and weaved his way through the field to run out an emphatic winner of the marathon contest.
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Endless Acres came home second with the Alan King pair of Who Dares Wins and Rainbow Dreamer third and fourth respectively.
Mullins said: “Ryan was just super on him, wasn’t he? He obviously had a clock working in his head today. It’s fantastic.
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“I think we’d like to go to Melbourne (Cup) with him, that’s the end game. To have a winner at a Festival like this is magic, as good as Cheltenham any day of the week.”
Moore said: “They went a strong pace and I just let him warm into it.
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"I was always confident I was going to pick them up and through Swinley Bottom I could see them slowing down and I just wanted a clear run.
"He's won very easily, like all Willie's horses when they come here and you know they are going to stay."
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