YOU’D have excused Martin Brassil for feeling a little down on himself after the Cheltenham Festival. He cracked the crossbar when Fastorslow found only the subsequent Grand National winner Corach Rambler too good in the Ultima, and he found the inside of the post when An Epic Song was just outdone by Langer Dan in the Coral.

However those close misses probably made it all the more sweeter when he launched a 25-yarder into the top corner when Fastorslow came back to upset the Gold Cup one-two in the Punchestown equivalent.