NICK Bland of the Money For Jam Syndicate woke yesterday morning and went straight over to the trophy for the Guinness Novice Hurdle which was won the syndicate’s beloved The Big Doyen on Thursday. He just had to check it was all still real.

Surprising enough that, because later Nick disclosed that when he and the lads got back to the apartment after making their mark on the city, they watched the race back “around 100 times.”