IT is hard to believe that it is 16 years ago that Supreme Leader died at the age of 20. The son of Bustino (Busted) was a smart three-year-old who was third in the Group 1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and fourth in the Group 1 Derby at Epsom.

Now here is a Christmas teaser. What horses finished in front of him in both classics? In the 2000 Guineas, Lester Piggott was committed as stable jockey to Luca Cumani to ride Bairn, but he reneged and instead took the mount on Shadeed and won the race from Bairn. Supreme Leader was a close third and they were well clear of the rest.