RECORDS have been broken at some rip-roaring National Hunt store sales of late, but one of the most exciting deals with the potential to shake-up the jumping scene took shape away from the sales-ring spotlight last month.

Few will be watching the exciting Zia Zabel’s progress more closely than trainer Natalia Lupini and her partner Craig Bryson, who expertly prepared the Ghaiyyath colt to finish second in the Group 3 Gallinule Stakes at the Curragh before his big-money move to become a dual-purpose talent. He has also been touted as a potential National Hunt stallion down the line, given that he has not been gelded.