I NEED a wider lens,” quipped race caller Will O’Keefe after Vintage Vinnie and Dan Nevin had jumped nine fences in last Saturday’s Maryland Hunt Cup having stormed clear of their eight rivals from the drop of the flag.

Things did not get any easier for O’Keefe from that point on in his bid to describe what effectively became two distinct contests for racegoers, as the pair further increased their advantage in the four-mile contest, so much so that they entered the home straight two fences clear of their pursuers, to ultimately prevail by no fewer than 112 lengths.