FRUSTRATINGLY for Warren Ewing, his two runners at Portrush on Saturday, Bold Soldier and Bold Enough, both finished second in their respective divisions of the Dennison Commercials four-year-old maiden. However, later that night he saw one of his former charges, Brain Power, land the Grade 1 American Grand National Hurdle at Far Hills in New Jersey.

True, the Nicky Henderson-trained, Nico de Boinville-ridden Kalanisi gelding didn’t win as anyone would have liked and true, the eight-year-old bay never officially ran for Warren.