FRENCH-BREDS filled the first three places in the Grade 1 Spring Juvenile Hurdle, success going to Vauban, a son of Galiway (Galileo). This was his initial win over obstacles, adding to a listed success over a mile and a half on the level in France.

Vauban is from a branch of a German female family that is more familiar with success at the highest level on the flat, its best-known son being the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner and Ballylinch Stud stallion Waldgeist (Galileo). More of that anon.