Nicky Henderson bagged his fifth Grade One success in the space of two days as Santini emerged victorious in the Doom Bar Sefton Novices' Hurdle at Aintree.
The Seven Barrows handler enjoyed a top-level treble on Thursday with We Have A Dream, Might Bite and L'Ami Serge all striking gold on Merseyside, while Terrefort claimed victory in the Mildmay Novices' Chase earlier on Friday's card.
Henderson looked to have a strong hand in this three-mile contest, with 6-4 favourite Santini joined by stablemates Ok Corral, who was ahead of Santini when second in the Albert Bartlett at Cheltenham last month, and Chef Des Obeaux.
The latter was beaten before the turn for home, but Santini and Ok Corral were both in contention jumping the second-last, before Santini and Nico de Boinville forged clear near the stands' rail.
Dan Skelton's prolific mare Roksana emerged as his biggest threat, throwing down a strong challenge on the other side of the track after the final obstacle, but Santini was good value for the winning margin of a length and a half.
Irish challenger Tower Bridge finished third.
De Boinville said: "He's some horse. At Cheltenham we got shuffled back a bit and we were keen to make amends today by riding him nice and prominently on a flat track like this.
"Coming up the straight I thought I'd just try to get some better ground coming up the near side and it helped him a bit.
"He battled on well and he's going to be an out-and-out stayer."
Henderson said: "He's a baby of a horse and he's a chaser for next year.
"I nearly put him away after Cheltenham and he's been really fresh and well at home. It was a great performance."