WHAT a contrast in stories between those of recent winners Confucius and A Piece Of Heaven. Both would usually have separate columns, one as a horse to follow, and the other as the week’s bargain.

Last October, M.V. Magnier made his most expensive purchase in Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on a colt offered from the Lloyd-Webber’s Watership Down Stud. A son of Coolmore’s No Nay Never (Scat Daddy), he was the second surviving offspring of Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Millisle (Starspangledbanner).