THE European flat turf season has almost completely wound down for the year, but the National Hunt one is moving up a gear, and one stallion has already sailed past the £1 million mark in seasonal earnings.

The usual suspects are in the top 10 in the current rankings, and it is the late Ballylinch Stud sire King’s Theatre (by Sadler’s Wells) who has established a large lead and accumulated a seven-figure prize money total.