"I think he is more likely to make his mark over fences in a couple of years time than be a Triumph hurdle contender. However, he is one of a number of talented French youngsters that have joined the champion trainer this summer and is worthy of note for that point alone".

There will be plenty of big name purchases on the list this year and as hard as Dan Skelton and his team have worked to recruit horses in the last 2 years, I still get the overriding sense that Willie Mullins simply does it better. However, if we take Closutton out of the equation, then there is no doubt in my mind that the best recruitment is going on at the Skelton yard and I have a small hunch that in securing SACRE CHEF, they might have recruited a talented horse. The for