AS the build up to Cheltenham continued, some racing results in Ireland, Britain and France seemed to go a little under the radar. As a consequence, a notable achievement at Auteuil missed getting the headlines it deserved.

On the same card, Device won the Grade 3 Prix Juigne Hurdle, while his year older full-brother scored in the Prix Jean Doumen. Both are sons of the Sadler’s Wells stallion Poliglote and they are the first two foals out of the Grade 3 winning chaser Westonne, a daughter of Mansonnien. She is from a family that has produced no end of good winners in France and a Grade 1 winning hurdler and chaser in Ireland.