WERE Definitly Red and Wounded Warrior to clear the last and battle it up the longest straight in National Hunt racing in pursuit of a slice of history today at Aintree, there would be a select group of people experiencing vivid sensations of dejá vu.

It was just over four years ago, in a Maralin maiden on March 9th, 2013 that the then Gordon Elliott-trained Wounded Warrior responded to the urgings of Jamie Codd to hold off Noel McParlan and Definitly Red, the latest product of the Brian Hamilton nursery.