HORSES who finished seventh in the Scottish Champion Handicap Hurdle six months ago shouldn’t typically be soaring down the Del Mar straight to win the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Turf.

They shouldn’t be capable of raising the roof in Grade 1 company when they haven’t ever raced beyond handicap company on the flat before. And surely not when we’re talking about one of the highest-quality renewals for some time of this international highlight; a line-up headed by this year’s Arc runner-up and a dual Breeders’ Cup Turf hero.