Expert reflections and opinions from the Racing Post team
Lee Mottershead, Tom Kerr, Stuart Riley, Mark Storey, Graham Dench and Richard Forristal with their views on the meeting
What was your personal highlight of the week?
LM I reckon you’d do well to top the sight of Un De Sceaux soaring over the final two fences in the Ryanair. If there was an equine advertisement for the sport it would surely be this lad because the pleasure he takes from galloping (fast) and jumping (high) is so wonderfully obvious. Moreover, his excellent display reminded us that, although Sprinter Sacre was not quite in his pomp 12 months ago, he did very well indeed to thump Un De Sceaux both at Cheltenham and Sandown.
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