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The two most obvious winners of this contest are clearly the novices at the head of the market and there's no doubt in my mind that ALLEGORIE DE VASSY has more natural ability than Impervious.

Allegorie De Vassy reminds me a lot of Colreevy, who beat Elimay in 2021 Mares' Chase. Like her former stablemate, Allegorie De Vassy has a tendency to jump right, but that didn't stop Colreevy from winning at the Cheltenham Festival before going on to defeat Monkfish and Envoi Allen at Punchestown.

Paul Townend's mount hacked up on heavy ground on her first start over fences, where she jumped nicely until a couple of sticky jumps down the straight. At Thurles last time out, a bad mistake at the first put Allegorie De Vassy a little out of sync, but that didn't stop the favourite from thrashing a future Listed winner in Brides Hill by 19 lengths.

I think Allegorie De Vassy is every bit as talented as Colreevy and, at the age of just six, she remains open to plenty of improvement. If Willie Mullins' mare doesn't win a Grade One over fences at some stage of her career, I'll be very disappointed.