Comber, trained by Henrietta Knight at West Lockinge, near Wantage, got off the mark over fences at Ludlow on Wednesday.
Robert Thornton powered the six-year-old home to beat Basic Fact by a short head in a thrilling finish to the two-and-a-half mile handicap chase.
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