Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh finally broke their Cheltenham 2017 duck on Day 3 as the impressive Yorkhill showed his class to hold off Nicky Henderson's Top Notch.

A warm 6/4 favourite in the opener, Yorkhill backed up his big reputation at Cheltenham once again, much to the relief of his jockey and trainer who'd not enjoyed the opening 2 days.

Settled at the rear by Walsh, Yorkhill always looked comfortable with the steady gallop set by Balko De Flos in the opening mile. The main danger came when Balko De Flos and Bailly Cloud fell and threatened to impede his run, but he showed nimble footwork to avoid being brought down.

With two fences to negotiate Yorkhill swept to the front with ease and negotiated the last with Top Notch looking the only danger on the run in.