He came through cruising to lead at the last jump. And even when he landed too steeply and lost momentum there, he was moving so well his jockey was still able to remain motionless as he coasted nearly three lengths clear on the run in.

I hate to rate horses on how fast they might have run but I have to say it looked like Art Of Payroll could have added at least four lengths to his margin of victory. That would take him into Grade 3 territory.