Vautour is one of five potential runners for Willie Mullins after a total of 18 horses stood their ground for the Ryanair Gold Cup at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Jim Culloty can safely be described as a legend now.

The four-runner Betfair Graduation Chase at Newbury last month was an innocuous enough looking event at the time, with the well-treated Time For Rupert readily repelling the challenge of The Giant Bolster at the end of a steadily run affair.