Faultless chase debut leaves no reason why Mengli Khan couldn't win Arkle

There may have been three fences omitted, but what we did see of Mengli Khan jumping the rest of the obstacles was pretty impressive.

When Davy Russell asked him, he put in some great leaps down the back that actually took him to the front – and he was clever at the last two when the race was in the bag.

Forge Meadow is no mug – a Grade 2 winner over hurdles and had chasing experience on her side – but she was made to look pretty ordinary by the son of Lope De Vega.