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He showed the trait of his brother there . Sir Des Champs. The beautiful thing about today was the way he jumped his hurdles leading towards chasing. A couple of strides after the last I thought I was beaten. The minute the other horse gave him half a chance my fella dug in and we had enough time then from there to the line . in the last 150 or 200 yards I was pretty sure I was going to get by him. He was good. He's a three-parts brother to Sir Des Champs and toughness is their middle name. I was surprised when the others wouldn't make the running . I thought we'd drop in last but he's done some of his best work at home from the front so I wasn't too worried. He missed a couple of days with a stone bruise and I was a bit worried that might impact on him in this ground. He hasn't the best feet and we have to constantly mind them. I love the way he came back when he was passed . I thought the game was up at the last. He got a second wind. My French connections always thought that he could be a better horse than Sir Des Champs. That's the potential we hope he might have. He's a good jumper and obviously he's going to be a staying novice chaser but we could even start him over two next autumn . we'll just take what we get. Davy was very very good on him. We hadn't discussed tactics so I left it to him to make his mind up. W P Mullins, trainer

A novice hurdle race for four yrs old and upwards
Weights - 4-y-o 10st 13lb; 5-y-o and up 11st 10lb; Mares allowed 7lb