Elsworth was fined after second favourite Wavertree Boy came fourth in a novices' hurdle race at Taunton on 2 February.

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Sponsorship cleared a big hurdle, but it was a long race and there were more hurdles to come.

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He went through the whole meeting with fancied rides and didn't ride a winner until he eventually won the County Hurdle - the last race of the meeting - on Thumbs Up.

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He beat Solwhit by a length-and-a-half in the Hatton's Grace Hurdle after Zaidpour's win in the previous race.

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