 At his stables, Collins initially presented a poorly performing horse as if it were the real Gay Future.This lowered the expectations of reviewers, and hence raised the betting odds on offer, and entered in the Ulverston Novice Hurdle at Cartmel in Cumbria to be held during the Bank holiday on 26 August.The real horse was illicitly substituted, for the impostor, Arctic Chevalier, in an M6 lay-by.