Alcester trainer Dan Skelton had eight runners, including four in one race, at Stratford's final meeting of the year on Monday and won with three to take his seasonal score to 141 as he chases Martin Pipe's long-standing record, writes David Hucker.

The first week of November had seen Skelton add seven more winners to his season's total going into Aintree's valuable two-day meeting on Friday and Saturday.

He got off to the best possible start on Friday when Risky Obsession won the opening race and Royal Infantry put in an assured round of jumping to win his second chase, but Mirabad could only finish third to Rubaud in the feature £100,000 Bet MGM Haldon Gold Cup.

Mydaddypaddy was withdrawn from the first of Saturday's feature races, the £70,000 William Hill Molyneux Hurdle, with the ground deemed not soft enough, and Talk To The Moon finished runner-up to Taurus Boy in the £75,000 Boodles Rising Stars Novices' Chase.

Skelton didn't leave Liverpool empty-handed, however, as Old Coast Road beat his sole opponent in the opening race of the afternoon and Al Capony easily won the closing bumper.

Another winner was to follow at Ffos Las on Sunday before Emid'io Pepe was the first of Skelton's Stratford runners in the opening racingtv.com/freetrial "Chasing Excellence" Beginners' Chase. In what was an all Warwickshire affair, Emid'io Pepe was sent off favourite to beat Act Of Authority, trained by Olly Murphy, and he made all the running for a comfortable success.

Skelton ran four in the following Stratford Extra Raceday "National Hunt" Maiden Hurdle with brother Harry on Eastern Fire, a last flight faller at Perth. Taken into the lead at halfway, Eastern Fire made no mistake this time, beating Oykel Bridge with the Skelton-trained Mags Ocean in third.

Major Fortune, third at Perth last time, was the Skelton representative in the Jumps Look Better On Racing TV Handicap Chase, but he could finish no nearer than third behind Sheldon, another to lead all the way.

It was business as usual in the Trailertrek Towbars Novices' Hurdle as Lune Brillante led approaching the final flight before powering clear of Padre Arthur for a 16-length success to bring up Harry's 132nd winner of the season.

Service Minimum was never travelling well before being pulled up by Harry in the Get A Free Trial Of Racing TV Now Mares' Handicap Chase (Challenger Mares' Chase Series Qualifier), with the race going to Bobbi's Beauty, who led from start to finish in the hands of Freddie Keighley, riding for his father Martin.

There was another family success, and another all-the-way winner, in the 31 Days Free Racing TV At racingtv.com/freetrial Novices' Handicap Hurdle when Fern O'Brien scored on Molly's Lad, trained by her father Fergal, beating Drumlee Orders and Exactly Right, who had a good tussle for second spot.

Zero Tolerance completed a good afternoon for front runners when taking the closing Annual Membership For Christmas Novices' Handicap Chase to make it 12 wins for the season for Vale of Glamorgan trainer Cath Williams.

Skelton ended the day needing another 103 winners to beat Pipe's record of 243, set in 1999/2000 and, with over five months of the season still to go, is well on course.