Crystasia

What gives that win genuine weight is where it came from. Crystasia runs out of the yard of Henry De Bromhead, based at Knockeen in County Waterford, and this season that operation has sent out 107 winners. That is not a small stable getting lucky — that is one of the most productive yards in Ireland right now, and horses leaving it tend to know their job. When De Bromhead sends a horse to Punchestown and it wins first time out, it is rarely an accident.

One race tells you almost nothing about a horse's ceiling, and it would be wrong to read too much into a single result. But a 5-year-old winning on debut, backed by a trainer in the form of his life, is exactly the kind of starting point that makes people pay attention. The next run will be the interesting one.