POWERFUL Glory’s victory in the Group 1 British Champions Sprint Stakes at 200/1 might at first sight appear to have been a freak result, achieved at the expense of 18 smart speedsters, but he was simply endorsing a family that is all about fast horses, and here is another fine advertisement for the excellence of the Marnane family at Bansha House.

Another family strongly connected to the winner is that of the O’Callaghan clan at Tally-Ho Stud. Most of the sires in the pedigree stood there, while the dam Wouldnitbelovely (Kodiac) was bred by them.