THERE was lots of talk during the week about Sunday’s Ten Up Chase at Navan – did Acapella Bourgeois win on merit, or did the other riders allow Roger Loughran too much rope?

It is beyond dispute that, by the time Acapella Bourgeois got to the end of the back straight, he had set up an unassailable lead for himself. The question is, did the other riders allow him that leeway, or was there just nothing they could do about it?