DAVID Pipe collected the two most valuable successes of his career to date within a magical half-hour at Cheltenham.

Both the Boylesports.com Gold Cup and International Hurdle went the way of the second-season trainer through the surprising but dominant performances of Tamarinbleu and Osana.

The International victory of Osana was perhaps more of a shock despite his odds of 7-1, as although he was second with top weight in the Greatwood Handicap, he was taking on a blue chip collection of rivals, including Champion Hurdler Sublimity and Triumph hero Katchit.

But Paddy Brennan, standing in for the injured Tom Scudamore, never gave an inch as he cleared away from the outset to make full use of the 8lb he was receiving from nearly all his opponents.

The lead remained until the end, with Osana finding an apparent second wind to beat the Alan King-trained Katchit by eight lengths.

King's Penzance was third and Sublimity ran well enough before fading into fourth, but Macs Joy was fatally injured.

"This is the biggest day of my career," said Pipe.

"He has always been a good horse and the plan had been to go to the Ladbroke next week, but he would have been giving weight away.

"If he was ever going to beat those good horses it would have been today getting weight. He improved for his first run and this was his Champion Hurdle.

"The plan was to see how we got on today before deciding about the future. I'll have to speak to the owner as novice chasing was an option, but if he's 7-1 for the Champion Hurdle it looks like we'll have to continue down that route."

Ready

Brennan added: "He's some horse, I really enjoyed that. They said he was ready and he meant business. He jumped super - Tom has a lot to look forward to.

"He missed the last, but then I was away again.

"The Pipes are back - horses that make all and keep kicking. He's good enough for a crack at the Champion Hurdle."

Tamarinbleu (22-1) also made all and kept kicking under a different pilot, Denis O'Regan, to lead home a trio of obvious stable second-strings in the £150,000-added Gold Cup.

The Pipe number one Abragante was pulled up early on, while Paul Nicholls' 7-2 favourite New Little Bric lasted longer but ended up the same way.

Indeed, nearly all Tamarinbleu's rivals were reduced to also-rans by the flashy leaps of the trailblazing gelding.

A huge effort at the last sealed the deal and although Nicholls' Le Volfoni (25-1) stayed on well, ultimately he was not really eroding the two-and-a-half-length margin.

The Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained Patman Du Charmil (20-1) completed a giant tricast.

Pipe was miffed not to have taken the big price and explained: "I really did think he had a good each-way chance.

"It was a big ask as he had a lot of weight, but the drier ground helped and he always runs well fresh.

"This fellow has been in great form at home and the blinkers have freshened him up on his last three runs.

"He's still only seven and has been a real star for the owners (Arthur White Partnership) who had Beau Ranger with my father."

Beau Ranger had carried the white and blue colours to victory in a previous incarnation of the Paddy Power Gold Cup 20 years earlier.

O'Regan added: "My first ride for David Pipe and it's a winner - happy days.

"David told me to make as much use of him as I could and I was always trying to save a bit. His jumping was just electric."

The stylish Irishman, who had steered Tidal Bay to victory earlier in the afternoon, was again announcing himself on the big stage just a few months after starting his partnership with Howard Johnson and Graham Wylie in Durham.

He reflected: "It was obviously not an easy decision to move, as I was getting great rides back home for Noel Meade, but things are going well and this has been a great day."

Of Abragante, owner David Johnson reported: "He jumped the first three fences badly and then AP (McCoy) decided to pull him up." Tweet