Harry Skelton crowned the winner of the inaugural David Power Jockeys Cup and takes home staggering £500,000 prize at Aintree

Harry Skelton wants to assistance bring a caller procreation of young endowment into racing arsenic helium spoke of his pridefulness astir winning the inaugural David Power Jockeys Cup.

The points-based competition, which started astatine Cheltenham's November meeting, reached its decision astatine the Randox Grand National Festival and Skelton, who came to Aintree with a commanding pb made definite of triumph erstwhile Live Conti placed successful the 4-Y-O Hurdle connected Thursday.

If Skelton could not beryllium Champion Jockey arsenic helium was successful 2021 – a rubric which is astir definite to spell to Sean Bowen – helium was determined to assistance the DPJC and helium was rewarded with a £500,000 archetypal prize.

The conflict for 2nd and 3rd went to the wire, with Harry Cobden's triumph connected Caldwell Potter proving decisive arsenic helium edged retired Nico de Boinville; it was the quality successful receiving a cheque for £200,000 oregon £100,000.

When the clip is right, Skelton is going to propulsion a enactment for his household and friends but helium has an thought successful caput of funnelling immoderate of the currency into a program that would alteration youngsters to forge a pathway into racing.

'This is simply a monolithic moment,' said Skelton, who rides Threeunderthrufive successful the Randox Grand National. 'This has been a monolithic accidental for america and we person accepted it with unfastened arms successful the weighing country and we person been ultra-competitive. It's conscionable fantastic to person won it.

'I accidental if I had fixed 20 quid to everyone who has asked maine successful the past 24 hours, I wouldn't person overmuch left! But racing has been fantastic for maine and I would emotion to assistance bring immoderate young endowment into the sport. I've been speaking astir it with Lizzie Kelly and we person immoderate ideas successful mind.

'I'd emotion to beryllium capable to usage immoderate of this wealth for good. We privation to springiness thing backmost to the athletics and I anticipation I tin springiness my household immoderate benefits from it, too.'

Cobden knew the value of his triumph connected Caldwell Potter, the equine co-owned by Sir Alex Ferguson and his friends, connected Friday and the roar helium gave arsenic helium crossed the enactment was revealing, arsenic it has been nip and tuck successful the closing weeks betwixt him and de Boinville.

The DPJC was, successful part, formed to rise the illustration of the riders who springiness truthful overmuch during the wintertime and Cobden has made it wide helium volition beryllium pursuing it with intent adjacent season.

'It was getting a spot twitchy with Nico – and I didn't spell adjacent him connected Friday!' said Cobden. 'But you request a spot of luck successful this sport. It's a large contention and I americium delighted to person been a portion of it.'

De Boinville was likewise enthused and said: 'The wealth is amended than a footwear successful the teeth, isn't it? It has been thing different. I anticipation that we person engaged with radical and a wider assemblage arsenic champion arsenic we can.'