IF you were ever in any doubt about Richard Fahey’s understanding of what is required to win a big flat handicap in Britain, that doubt has no doubt been blown out of the water over the course of the last two Saturdays.

Two weeks ago, he won the Ayr Gold Cup with Don’t Touch, a horse he had ear-marked for the race since the day that he won his maiden at Newcastle just last May. Then last week, he sent out Third Time Lucky to land the Cambridgeshire.