Big Zeb laid to rest his jumping demons with a flawless performance in the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival - with Master Minded well beaten.

Paul Nicholls' Master Minded was attempting to emulate Badsworth Boy by becoming only the second ever horse to win the race three years in a row.

Big Zeb was always travelling strongly for Barry Geraghty and had a nice lead into the straight off Forpadydeplasterer.

But Colm Murphy's 10-1 winner jumped the last fantastically to seal a six-length victory.

Kalahari King ran on from the rear to beat Master Minded for third.

Golden Silver was with Forpadydeplasterer at the head of affairs, but began to feel the pinch running down to the second-last.

Ruby Walsh was never too comfortable on Master Minded and was sending out distress signals some way from home.

By contrast, Big Zeb, whose career has been punctuated by a clutch of bad falls, could have been called the winner some way out.

It was a particularly satisfying outcome for Geraghty, who had the choice of the first two home and picked the right one.

Twist Magic yet again disappointed at Cheltenham and was pulled up after a bad mistake.

"It was a great performance and he's jumped well all year," said Geraghty. "He ran no race at Sandown (Tingle Creek) but other than that he's been very good.

"He had a good look around after the last and I thought he was going to pull up, but he found plenty when he needed to.

"I saw Master Minded coming but I had a lot left when I kicked for home."

Walsh said of the beaten favourite: "He wouldn't go on the ground as it was too quick for him."

Tom Cooper said of Forpadydeplasterer: "I'm very happy, but I suppose a bit sickened at the same time.

"He did have an interrupted preparation but that's got nothing to do with it as we were very happy with him beforehand.

"The only thing Tony (McCoy) and I feel is that he'd have preferred a stronger gallop early on as he's just been beaten by a quicker horse.

"He'll definitely go to Aintree or Punchestown now."

Master Minded's owner Clive Smith said: "For the first circuit it seemed to be going pretty well, but then he didn't quite go through with it.

"He didn't assert himself but we'll be back, I'm sure."

Ferdy Murphy, trainer of Kalahari King, said: "He landed on top of one of the fences and Graham (Lee) said he jumped a little bit right, which he has never done before.

"It's well documented that he has problems with his back and we'll have to take him home and check him over.

"If he's OK, I would think he'd go to Liverpool."