A horse named after an amusing blooper by Nicky Henderson has made its debut for the trainer.
Fishcake ran in the Bet At racingtv.com Mares' Open National Hunt Flat Race at Wincanton on Thursday.
A half-sister to dual Cheltenham Festival winner Monkfish, she rather flopped under Nico de Boinville.
After going off half a point longer than the 7-2 winner Dollar Brae in the betting, the mare took a prominent position in the FB Racing colours.
Pushed along over two furlongs from the finish, the five-year-old was outpaced by the leaders.
On this occasion she could not place and finished seventh, suggesting she would be better for the experience.
Connections named the horse after an interview Henderson chuckled his way through.
He was talking about one of trainer Willie Mullins' big hopes for the Cheltenham Festival.
“We named her after the interview Nicky did with Mick Fitzgerald on At The Races where he couldn’t remember what Monkfish was called," said David Greenway, spokesman for the owners.
“He called him ‘Fishcake’ and ‘Fishpond’ but we plumped for ‘Fishcake’. It was all a bit tongue in cheek.
“We decided to send her to Nicky though as we thought we would go to the best man in this country at training fillies.”
The club's members have already celebrated a Cheltenham winner this season with a horse from Mullins' Irish yard.
Stormy Ireland was a brave winner of the Grade 2 Relkeel Hurdle.
Fishcake may one day race at the track where her relative, a Gold Cup horse of the future, took the 2020 Albert Bartlett hurdle and 2021 Brown Advisory novices' chase.
Time will tell whether she makes the grade, but Greenway hopes the Seven Barrows newcomer can pick up a few races.
“She doesn’t have too many characteristics of Monkfish with the exception they are both chestnut coloured," he added.
“We brought her for 25,000 euros and I don’t think we would pick her up for that price now. It was her pedigree that drew us to her but as a specimen she was decent enough.
“She is a nice moving little filly and is a sweet little thing. It would be lovely if we could get a couple of wins to her name.”
