HOW good was A Plus Tard in winning the Paddy’s Chase at Leopardstown last Friday? That is not just a rhetorical question – for all that the obvious and instinctive reply is “very good indeed” – as it is not a straightforward race to unpick.

We do know that he ran a fast time – fully 6.1s (around 30 lengths) quicker than Melon managed in the preceding beginners chase – but if you make it very fast then it results in third-placed Ordinary World running the race of his life despite numerous tries previously.