HARRY Fry is to keep targets low-key with Charmix after he opened his account over fences in the Weatherbys Private Bank Novices’ Chase at Hereford.

The 145-rated hurdler was disappointing on his first two chase starts at Fontwell and Bangor, but while it was hard work for the 5-4 favourite, he got the better of a protracted duel with Dig Deeper by three-quarters of a length.

Fry said: “It was good to see him make it third-time lucky over fences and the first two have pulled a long way clear.

“I don’t think either horse deserved to lose, really, and the other horse out-jumped ours for much of the race, but Charmix’s ability has seen him through.

“He still needs to improve his jumping, but we’ll keep chipping away and hopefully he will improve with experience.

“We’ll try and find something similar under a penalty and go from there.”

The victory for Charmix extends Fry’s hot streak of winners at the start of 2017.

The Seaborough handler has saddled six winners from 10 attempts in the year so far.

Charmix’s victory scooped the winning connections a considerable £3,899 in prize money.