Woods said: “He’s a horse we like a lot. He does a lot wrong and still wins well. His jumping can be sketchy but he was a little bit better this time.

We’re already looking forward to sending him over fences.” Petrastar is trained in Stow-in-the-Wold by David Jeffreys, a native of Northumberland who rode his first point to point winner a few miles up the road at Balcormo Mains.

Jim Goldie and Lucinda Russell were both on the mark.

The former struck with Pammi in the Thank You Medics UK Handicap Hurdle and he said:

“The rain came in time for her and Brian Hughes knows her well. Although she has run on the flat she seems better as a hurdler.”