WESTERNER was a top-class racehorse who is still on the up and up as a National Hunt sire. He has also shown an ability to sire high-class flat horses, with the Group 2 Prix de Malleret winner Never Forget the best of those.

He is having yet another excellent season and is well rooted among the top 10 National Hunt stallions. One of the horses contributing massively to this exalted position is Wakanda, the just turned seven-year-old gelding who is one of the stars of the Sue Smith yard.