He has been working incredibly well. The horses have not been firing on all cylinders, but they seem to be coming back now.

We never have considered that, because of the way he jumped early last season. His first couple of episodes over fences weren't great. He was a bit of a slow learner. In his first chase, it was as though he had never seen a fence in his life. But we have given the horse a serious amount of work in every sphere.

A friend was standing by the fence and said that he was probably going too well. He didn't hit the fence, he just buckled because he had so much momentum.