JUMPS racing continues to take a back seat, but not for much longer. As limbering up goes, a few recent performances did a good job.

In particular, the win of A Toi Phil in the Grade 2 PWC Champion Chase at Gowran Park last Saturday deserves to be regarded as the best over obstacles so far this season. The overall time looks good, and the closing sectionals were quite fast. I have a 161 timefigure on the seven-year-old (remember that jumps timefigures are on a higher level to flat ones).