LAST weekend was some weekend for owners Simon Munir and Isaac Souede. Bristol De Mai was obviously the headline act, but Bristol De Mai was one of five runners that the owners had in Britain on Saturday, and two of the other four won too.

Top Notch was really impressive in winning the Grade 2 Christy 1965 Chase at Ascot, while Delire D’Estruval stayed on strongly to win the listed novices’ hurdle that opened proceedings at Haydock, appearing to appreciate the forcing tactics that Daryl Jacob employed, combined with the drop back down to two miles.

That’s three winners from five runners on a hugely competitive Saturday afternoon. As well as that, L’Ami Serge ran a big race in the Ascot Hurdle on his first run since he won the French Champion Hurdle in June, keeping on to take second place.

Then on Sunday at Auteuil, the owners won the three-year-old fillies’ conditions’ hurdle with Raffles Sun, and they won the Grade 3 four-year-olds’ chase with Edward D’Argent, while Crack De Reve finished second in the Grade 2 hurdle. Dragon D’Estruval, whom they own in partnership with Madame Bernard Le Gentil, won the four-year-olds’ conditions chase.

That’s six winners in two days, including a Grade 1, a Grade 2 and a Grade 3. That’s a good weekend in anybody’s language. None of those winners was older than six. Exciting times.