The chances of the other fancied horses unravelled behind those.

Trailing two of the fancied horses, Mon Mome suddenly burst away at the final fence and streaked home 12 lengths clear.

But the ground was just not soft enough for some of the fancied horses, like Kimberlite Candy and Potters Corner, who struggled to get involved.

They might be right, too, because the three virtual Nationals so far have all fallen to fancied horses at 14-1 or shorter.