OTHER racing at Sandown, Aintree and Huntingdon generally did not measure up to the class shown by Altior and by the runners in the Tingle Creek Chase but there were still some notable performances across the three days.

Fastest of all was Many Clouds, who recorded a 161 timefigure in victory in a listed chase at Aintree, with Le Mercurey (153) in second. The sound pace Many Clouds set put his rivals’ jumping under pressure, and Minella Rocco (155) succumbed at the last when looking likely to finish a close second.