Meade looks to have a genuine Gold Cup contender in Pandorama

THE three days at Leopardstown this week almost renewed one’s faith in this great game of ours.

Certainly, given the shocking weather on the run-in to Christmas, and that the meeting was reduced to three days from four and started two days late, then you would have to regard it as a real success.

Rescheduled programmes are never the same, but attendances were healthy and just over 12,000 was impressive on Wednesday.