A LOT of store is placed on blacktype, understandably, and the only thing missing from Expert Eye’s distinguished curriculum vitae at the time of writing is some blacktype performers.

His first crop are three-year-olds, he has shown his ability over and over again to get winners, many of them rated about 90, and that elusive blacktype winner is surely just around the corner. One has the feeling that when he gets one, there will then be a river of such horses. With some 27 individual winners in his first crop, he looks to be outstanding value at just £7,500, a fraction of his initial fee of £20,000.