Detroit City - well-backed favourite.

Detroit City and Fair Along gave trainer Philip Hobbs a one-two in the JCB Triumph Hurdle on the fourth and final day of the Cheltenham Festival.

The former, ridden by Richard Johnson and wearing Terry Warner's colours made famous by Rooster Booster, overtook his pacemaking stablemate at the last.

The 7-2 favourite then powered up the hill to beat Fair Along (25-1) by five lengths, with Blazing Bailey (14-1) a further length away in third.

Fair Along made it a true test and soon had the field at full stretch, going three lengths clear.

But Tony McCoy was an early casualty, parting company from Kasbah Bliss at the fourth flight.

Only Detroit City could live with Paddy Brennan's mount, wearing him down between the final two flights and going clear on the flat after the last, where Breathing Fire came down.

Johnson told Channel 4 Racing: "Two miles might be plenty short enough for him and he has outstayed everything from turning in.

"He is a really tough horse and Fair Along is a very good horse too.

"We have had a quiet week and it always makes a difference to get a winner."

Warner told Racing UK: "He is a nice, big strong horse and will probably go on to make a nice chaser in time.

"It is great to have another good grey horse and I can't believe he has done it.

"He gets two and a half miles on the Flat so he will be better over a longer distance."

Hobbs said: "We put the visor on him to sharpen him up a bit. The worry was he might get outpaced in this race, but he wasn't too long off the bridle before he came back on it again.

"I can't see him being a Champion Hurdle horse. I can see him going for the World Hurdle."

Despite Hobbs' reservations, Detroit City was given a 20-1 quote for next year's Champion Hurdle with VC Bet, while William Hill go 16-1.

Hobbs added of Fair Along: "I was amazed he was 25-1. He ran well against Afsoun and gave him weight earlier in the season and he is definitely better on good ground.

"He was third at Chepstow on heavy and that might have made him a bit of a forgotten horse but I thought he had a chance."