Both Turner and Sharman looked comfortable for gold and silver after negotiating the final hurdle, but Clarke was forced to dip on the line to take bronze in 13.70.
Philip Fenton's star rewarded those brave enough to take a prohibitive 30-100 price to land the Deloitte Novice Hurdle by two and a half lengths without coming off the bridle.
We always felt that if we played to our potential, it would take us places, but the one problem we have had is consistency and, at the final hurdle, we couldn't produce the kind of display that had put us in contention over the previous few days and weeks.