DEADLY DAN'S TITLE ATTACK

Panic strikes Gold to boost Skelton's bid

- BY DAVID YATES

PANIC ATTACK spared her backers the jitters in Cheltenham's Paddy Power Gold Cup as Dan Skelton upped his already frantic pace at the top of the trainers' table.

Skelton (right), for the past two seasons denied the first championship he craves by a Willie Mullins spring onslaught, knows he must build a substantial lead at the head of the standings before the Closutton battalions arrive for Cheltenham and Aintree next year.