THE pedigrees of the two blacktype winners at Navan at the weekend are in stark contrast to each other. Latest Exhibition is the latest big race winner for his hugely successful sire Oscar (Sadler’s Wells) whose final crop are about to turn five, and this Jim Mernagh-owned homebred landed the Grade 2 novice hurdle.

Later on the card the four-year-old Uhtred, a four-year-old from the second of four crops by the five-time Group 1 winner Fame And Glory (Montjeu), became just the third blacktype winner for his sire who is a member of an elite club among the many Group 1 winners trained by Aidan O’Brien. His number of wins at the highest level is matched by Cape Blanco, Duke Of Marmalade and So You Think, and is only bettered by seven-time Group 1 winners Highland Reel, Minding, Rock Of Gibraltar and Yeats, and six-time scorers Dylan Thomas, Giant’s Causeway, High Chaparral and St Nicholas Abbey.