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The postponement of the previous Saturday's card arguably hit the totesport Trophy more than the other races on the day, with numbers reduced and the fall in prizemoney meaning its long-held title as Britain's most valuable handicap hurdle didn't apply. In a thrilling finish to the contest, however, Recession Proof (h141) took his record over hurdles to three from four in little under four months and his form up a notch in the process as he defeated Bothy (h140) a short head. He has been rated as value for closer to a length victory after almost throwing the race away by wavering on the run-in, having moved alongside going best of the first three by some way. The runner-up matched the form of his second to Menorah in the Greatwood from a 9 lb higher mark, having also raced to the fore...