WITH the events of the Dublin Racing Festival putting many of the pieces together for the ‘big one’ next month, racing websites and pundits are falling over themselves churning out the race-by-race previews. Newbury was the final piece in the jigsaw with the most of the main contenders in Britain now set fair for the Cotswolds next month. There's only so much analysis we can absorb with many of the contenders having 'easy' trials. The last two winners Native River and Al Boum Photo have had nice easy prep races. It’s hard to get an original angle and do we not all have our own opinions anyway?

So let’s cut to the chase. Fast forward to 3.30pm March 13th – the greatest six and a half minutes in jump racing.