Elite sport is all about making the right decisions. And in the sunshine at Aintree on Thursday you were given a timely reminder as to why the Willie Mullins team is reimagining the possible in the National Hunt game.
Four Grade One races on the card; four prizes heading back to Closutton. And they came in every shape and size.
Impaire Et Passe, in first-time cheekpieces and fresh from missing Cheltenham, wins the EBC Group Manifesto Novices' Chase.
Murcia, eighth in the Fred Winter at Prestbury Park, freewheels to Grade One glory in the Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle.
Paul Townend doubles up for the day on Murcia
