1 Hennessy anomaly: There were three second-season chasers in last Saturday’s Hennessy Gold Cup who were sent off at single-figure prices, four if you include Fingal Bay, which you legitimately can, given that Philip Hobbs’ horse hadn’t run over fences since his novice season 2012/13.

Of those four horses, just one of them had had a run this season, the winner Many Clouds. The other three, Smad Place, Djakadam and Fingal Bay, were making their seasonal debuts. The first-named pair finished, respectively, fifth and eighth, while Fingal Bay was pulled up.