JIM Bolger recently spoke of his plans to consolidate his business, selling one of his farms and dispersing a number of his stock. If you think for a second that this means an end to his ambitions, forget it. Indeed, his comment that he wants to have this year’s champion two-year-old should not be dismissed, and the colt he could do it with is Mumhan (Mehmas).

What’s more, anyone could have owned this colt as he was offered from Jim’s granddaughter Clare Manning’s Boherguy Stud in the Goffs Orby Book 1 Sale last year, led out unsold at €30,000, Given his sire’s record, and the fact that he had four winning siblings, this price would seem to have been value. However, no one was tempted. Imagine what he is worth now.