Allaho won ugly, this was him doing it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke

At 12.15pm there were crisis talks in the Closutton camp; an EGM was called.

Kilcruit had just become the shortest-priced loser in Irish racing this century. That on its own would have been cause for concern but a desperate round of jumping from one of the best jumpers in training in the Tingle Creek and Elimay beating only one home at Aintree meant the share price of Closutton Ltd was beginning to drop.

One tweet read: "You'd want to be avoiding Dysart Dynamo in the next then. Had looked good and no doubt he is but Mullins has a big question mark over his now."