APOLOGIES Frank McNulty. The former BBA Ireland man is one of the most affable people in racing, and one who understands the ups and downs of the sport, and of breeding. I have no doubt that he will derive plenty of satisfaction from knowing he bred a very good racemare in Feet Of A Dancer (Authorized), one half of a double for trainer Paul Nolan at Doncaster on Saturday.

The seven-year carries an FR suffix, and id one of five offspring of her dam Leah Claire (Tomba) who was bred in that country. Her win in the Grade 2 Yorkshire Rose Mares’ Hurdle is the most important of her six victories over hurdles, and follows a previous win in the Listed Grabel Mares Hurdle at Punchestown, a race in which she was placed a year earlier. In between her two biggest wins, she was runner-up to Wodhooh in a Grade 3 at Leopardstown after Christmas.