Watch as Charlotte Jones produces enterprising ride aboard The Steward

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Straight from the off, Jones too the initiative aboard the 10-year-old, adopting similar tactics to those which had seem him finish fourth over course-and-distance last time out.

This time, however, Jones kept pouring it on from the front and The Steward answered every call to record a resounding success, which you can watch below.

James Moffat's horse is entered in a handicap hurdle at Musselburgh on Saturday, a course known to favour those sent to the front.

“The Steward was a 96-rated Flat horse – and yes, I did fancy him,” said Moffatt.

“I didn’t quite think he would do it the way he did, (but) if you give a proper two-mile stayer on the Flat that much rope, you pay the consequences – and that’s what happened.

“He was getting tired at the finish, but he’s probably entitled to be. Enable would have got as tired doing that! He may well come back here on Monday.”

The victory saw his rider’s claim reduced from 7lb to 5lb.

Of Jones, Moffatt added: “She’s a good jockey. She’s been with us for five years, right from the start. think that’s her 20th winner now for us, so her claim goes down to 5lb. It’s a big day for her, and she’s done really well.”

Moffatt and Jones had earlier successfully combined with shock 50-1 Dagian, but the trainer was less surprised than most.

He said: “He ran 13 days ago and blew up. He was still there a furlong and a half out, and I thought he’d come on quite a lot because we’d been held up with the ground.

“He wasn’t a bad Flat horse. Obviously, his form has been terrible over jumps. (But) genuinely, we were hopeful of a nice run. I was thinking he’d probably get in the frame – and the owners backed him to do that.”

Groundhog Day... again!

You'd have been forgiven for thinking Newcastle's all-weather card wouldn't necessarily produce storylines, but in fact there were two as earlier, Punxsutawney Phil made a winning debut for Brian Ellison.

Punxsutawney Phil is the name of the groundhog in Pennsylvania who inspired the Bill Murray film Groundhog Day - which is on February 2 every year. Punters who noted the link could've taken prices bigger than the eventual SP of 9/2.

As far as mapping out a target and hitting it goes, there may be no better example all year than that seen up at Gosforth Park. Presumably, Ellison's team are now duty bound to work backwards from February 2, 2022 as they line up future targets.

Ellison said: “His name relates to Groundhog Day, which is actually today, funnily enough. It wasn’t a big plan or anything to run him on Groundhog Day. They just put this meeting on and it happened to happen.”

The trainer nevertheless has high hopes for Punxsutawney Phil, adding: “We like him a lot and fancied him today.

“I’m not sure if we’ll go for a grass bumper or just wait for the Flat, but he will definitely go on the Flat at some stage. All the family went on the Flat and he is a nice horse.”