No sooner had Sizing Europe advertised his claims for next year’s Arkle Trophy with a smooth win in Ireland than Tataniano struck back for the home team with an equally impressive performance at Cheltenham.

Trainer Willie Mullins is monitoring the weather before deciding on his team for The Open meeting at Cheltenham.

The jumps programme book will provide bedtime reading for Nigel Twiston-Davies over the next couple of nights after Fundamentalist left the trainer starry-eyed and dreaming of the future with an impressive victory in the Independent Newspaper Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham today.