As a staying hurdler only Big Buck 's was his superior .
He ran Paul Nicholls ' star to a length and three - quarters in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the 2011 Cheltenham Festival .
As a staying hurdler only Big Buck 's was his superior and he ran Paul Nicholls ' star to a length and three - quarters in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the 2011 Cheltenham Festival .