Old Jewry made a very pleasing introduction to racing at Loughbrickland in late October, where a costly mistake at the fourth-last put him on the back foot at the same time that the eventual winner was beginning to make his move to the front. Despite that lost ground and momentum, the Le Fou gelding regained much of it with good jumps over the next two fences to pick off rivals one-by-one. Climbing into the home straight, he moved into second position by sticking to his task gamely, but that crucial mistake at the fourth-last would deny him the opportunity to reel in the vastly more experienced winner by the line. A debut full of promise.