Owner Gillian agrees £57 was value for money after Pentland seals Grade 1 double

Rain poured all over them. One particular drop, keen for its moment of fame, rolled all the way down Tony Marlow's nose before plummeting to the ground. He and the whole group were soaked but they were also squeezed on to Aintree's winner's podium, so this was the happiest of drenchings.

There was barely room for Nicky Henderson and Nico de Boinville, but they would be the first to admit this was a story not principally about them but the roughly 2,100 members of Owners Group 031, not quite all of whom were celebrating with the winning trainer and jockey.

There had been similar scenes at Cheltenham when the Triumph Hurdle was claimed at 20-1 by Pentland Hills, who this month last year finished eighth in a low-grade Yarmouth handicap.