BRED in France by Jean Contou-Carrère and Yves Broca, Pic D’Orhy went one better than last year and brought his winning total to 13 in the Grade 1 Betfair Ascot Chase, his second victory at the highest level. Three of the four runners in the race carried the French suffix.

Last April, the Paul Nicholls-trained son of Turgeon (Caro) won the Grade 1 Marsh Melling Chase at Aintree, and a repeat of that win is now the target for the nine-year-old.