“DOWN the stretch they come and he’s all alone. He’s in hand and in command,” came the cry of the course commentator as the 12-year-old Vintage Vinnie romped home in the Maryland Hunt Cup run on the timber track in Glyndon, Maryland.

It was a tremendous success for Irishman Dan Nevin, his first victory on his first US mount. Bruton Street-US’ Preseli Rock was second with Hadden Frost on board with Rocket Star Red is third.