MONEY doesn’t always buy success, but this year we have seen the emergence of some smart runners who cost quite a lot when they were sold as youngsters.

Jim Bolger trains Goldrush, the well-named three-year-old daughter of Frankel (Galileo) and the multiple Group 1 winner Alexander Goldrun. The latter, a daughter of Gold Away (Goldneyev) carried the colours of Miriam O’Callaghan to five Group 1 victories in England (Nassau Stakes), Ireland (Pretty Polly Stakes twice), France (Prix de l’Opera) and in Hong Kong where she won the Cup at their big international meeting. She was runner-up in five Group 1s and third in another five and she won some £1.9 million in prize money. Alexander Goldrun was also trained by Bolger.