IF your first five form figures have more letters than numbers and read UFF5B, it might lead you to think this is not a horse who is going to have a successful career and become one of the most popular jump horses in recent seasons.

It certainly never looked like a beginning that would take in famous racetracks in four countries, the likes of Sandown, Galway, Far Hills, Cheltenham, Auteuil, Kempton, Aintree, Punchestown and Leopardstown.