Intricately could give two young members of the O’Brien clan a huge win tonight. And also, there’s Newcastle!

With a strike-rate of 32pc in Ireland compared to 23pc in the UK, Paul Nicholls-trained horses should always be right up there on the shortlist when they race in this country, and they actually show a slight profit if blindly backed in Ireland since 2008.

In between last night's Breeders' Cup curtain-raiser and the main fare this evening at Santa Anita, Doncaster stages its Flat finale and there is useful jumps racing at Aintree and Wincanton.