A man with a plan: Might Bite mauling shows why Henderson is a class apart

Jumping magnificently and never looking under any degree of threat, Might Bite sank his fangs into the King George and there was not a flicker of the waywardness to support those who believe he should be the subject of an ASBO.

Bristol De Mai, on a course that does not play to his strengths, led from the start but Might Bite and Nico de Boinville were always riding shotgun just to his outer. It was the stuff of duelling pistols until Bristol De Mai, who had blundered at the tenth, began to feel the heat and faded from the fifth-last, leaving the hot favourite in front still with plenty of dry powder.

It was the fluency of Might Bite's fencing that caught the eye as every jump conserved a tiny bit of energy. Thistlecrack jumped the third-last in second but they had gone plenty hard and it was the 50-1 chance Double Shuffle who got a second wind to chase all the way to the line, with Tea For Two, held up but handy, an excellent third under Lizzie Kelly.