Samcro's utter dominance reignites debate over return of track aces to pointing

Samcro continues to take the open division to a new level this season with his third successive wide-margin victory, a level of dominance never seen before.

His supremacy, however, is bound to reignite the debate surrounding former top-level track horses returning quickly to pointing.

While Samcro's utter dominance continues, there can be no doubt we are witnessing something quite extraordinary from Gordon Elliott’s gelding, whose ten wins under rules won former owner Gigginstown House stud almost £350,000 prize-money, only marginally more than he cost at Goffs Aintree sale in April 2016.