Dan and Harry Skelton land Stratford treble with Emid'io Pepe, Eastern Fire and Lune Brillante

Dan and Harry Skelton shared a treble at Stratford on Monday, with Emid'io Pepe, Eastern Fire and Lune Brillante all winning as favourites on ground described as good to soft, good in places.

Emid'io Pepe opens the account

Emid'io Pepe got the day going in the two-runner beginners' chase over two miles five furlongs. The five-year-old gelding, who was trained in France by G Lemer before joining Skelton, was returning from 213 days off. Sent off the 8/15 favourite, he beat Olly Murphy's Act Of Authority (Sean Bowen) by 19 lengths.

Eastern Fire wins the maiden hurdle

Half an hour later, Eastern Fire won the two-mile half-furlong maiden hurdle, also at 8/15. The five-year-old gelding beat Alan King's Oykel Bridge by four and a half lengths, with stablemate Mags Ocean a further 15 lengths back in third.

Lune Brillante follows up

Lune Brillante completed the treble in the two-mile-six novices' hurdle. The five-year-old mare by Walk In The Park had won on her previous start 19 days earlier, and she followed up at 6/4, beating Nicky Henderson's Padre Arthur by 16 lengths. Locker Boum, the 15/8 second favourite for Nigel and Willy Twiston-Davies, was another 13 lengths away in third.

Harry Skelton rode five times at the meeting. Besides his three winners, he finished third on Major Fortune in the handicap chase and pulled up Service Minimum in the mares' handicap chase.

Elsewhere

The highest-class race in Britain on Monday was the Class 2 graduation chase at Carlisle, where Harry Derham's Cristal D'estruval (Paul O'Brien) won by 12 lengths at 2/5 from Dan Skelton's Be Aware.

Full results: Stratford, 9 November and Carlisle, 9 November. For the big races coming up, see the racing calendar.