PAT Fahy arrived in to Leopardstown last Saturday to the sounds of Jerry Hannon calling A Wave Of The Sea and Simon Torrens home in the Matheson Handicap Chase.

It wasn’t a good omen he thought to himself. Torrens was set to ride his Drop The Anchor in the Ladbrokes Hurdle later on the card and through basic human psychology the thought entered Fahy’s head that the young rider would hardly ride a big double on a day like this. It wasn’t any bad reflection on Torrens’s ability, but more like a natural reaction. Like the gambler on a roulette wheel who bets on black because he’s seen red come up multiple times in a row.