Supersub Lee tastes Galway Hurdle glory on Overturn

Stepping in for the injured Jason Maguire, Lee made just about every yard of the running on Donald McCain's six-year-old. The winner was yet again advertising his versatility as he landed the Northumberland Plate on the level in June after having won the Scottish Champion Hurdle in April.

Lee, whose parents live within walking distance of the track, had an armchair ride and scored by five and a half lengths from last year's winner Bahrain Storm, with Dirar a close-up third.

"It's a dream come true, there is no other way to put it," said Lee. "It's huge credit to the horse because he's won a Scottish Champion Hurdle, a Northumberland Plate and now a Galway Hurdle, so he's been on the go a while. My thoughts are with Jason (Maguire). Obviously the injury list for jockeys in England is large and he is on it and he would have ridden him. I'm not going to compare him to any other good horse I've ridden, I've won a Galway Hurdle so I'm going to enjoy this."

It was also some achievement for McCain as he was the first British-trained runner to succeed since Sagaman in 1991. "That was the sort of performance I was hoping for," said McCain. "He's improved all year and when I first bought him I was hoping he was this good, but it hadn't happened. I don't know what the plan is but he's still in the Ebor."