Binocular out of sight at Ascot

Binocular pulverised his four rivals with a display of extreme class in the Boylesports.com International at Ascot.

While he has a long way to go to recreate the feats of his owner JP McManus’ brilliant Istabraq, the reaction of jockey Tony McCoy suggested his adjusted odds of as short as 5-4 to win the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham next March are not completely fanciful.