FEW horses deserved a Grade 1 success last season as much as Lostintranslation (Flemensfirth) did, and now for good measure he has won a second and is sure to take a leading role in the blue riband of National Hunt racing, the Cheltenham Gold Cup, next March.

Runner-up to Black Op at Grade 1 level in 2018 over hurdles at Aintree, and finding just Defi Du Seuil too good in Grade 1s over fences at Sandown and Cheltenham, he ran out a six-length winner at Aintree of the Grade 1 Betway Mildmay Novices’ Chase in April.