THE point about poor value is valid, though A.P. McCoy’s army of supporters went home happy as Rebecca Curtis’ 2/1 chance Definite Outcome, the impressive winner of a Dromahane point before Christmas, made all in the bumper. He should make up into a quality long-distance hurdler one day.

This followed a nice touch in the ring on Jonjo O’Neill’s 11/4 favourite Beg To Differ in the two and a half mile handicap hurdle, the champion coming with a strong late run to collar Rock On Rocky with 50 yards to go.

Beg To Differ has recently been sold to Messrs Magnier, Smith and Tabor, so future plans will be very interesting.

The racing world will celebrate if Richard Johnson finally wins the jockeys’ title next year and there will certainly be every chance if he continues to pick up outside rides like Jennie Candish’s Barafundle, who started at 20/1 but translated some of his classy old hurdles form to fences and landed the novices’ limited handicap chase from Top Wood.

Gavin Sheehan is a young jockey going places and completed a double on Verano and Doctor Phoenix.