AT Goffs this week, as was the case at Tattersalls Ireland last month, buyers were bemoaning the death of Jukebox Jury, and clambering to buy members of his penultimate crop. The son of Montjeu (Sadler’s Wells) was responsible for one of the four six-figure foals at Goffs, sold by Stephen Lanigan O’Keeffe who paid tribute to the sire in the most eloquent terms.

Norman Williamson referenced the fact that It Etait Temps would continue to fly the flag for Jukebox Jury at the highest level, and this was in the immediate aftermath of the seven-year-old taking his tally of wins to nine with his defeat of Jonbon in the Grade 1 Tingle Creek Chase, his second top-flight victory at the course. Who can forget the gelding’s win back in April in the Grade 1 Celebration Chase after being off the track for just short of a year.