HOW good is the six-year-old Heads Up? Time will tell, but the James and Jean Potter-bred son of Blue Bresil (Smadoun) always had the credentials on both sides of his pedigree to be a very high-class runner. His form to date, with a notable exception, is very good, and his best relations all got better with age.

Heads Up ran five times in bumpers after he was purchased for €40,000 at the 2023 Goffs Arkle Sale. He won by 24 lengths third time up at Punchestown, was second in a listed bumper at Navan, but he belied his long odds when runner-up to Bambino Fever in the Grade 1 Weatherbys Champion Bumper at Cheltenham 11 months ago.