For the first couple of furlongs Le Rocher was fighting for his head so much that he barely noticed the first jump coming up and walked right through it. He settled thereafter in second and after hitting the second jumped okay to the finish.

Turning in Le Rocher was clearly going best and was upsides soon after two out. The acceleration he showed from that point was tremendous. He ran 1.5 seconds faster from the second last to the last than any other horse in the four hurdles on a high class card. This carried him 10 lengths clear by the finish.