THE Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner King’s Theatre (by Sadler’s Wells) was only 20 when he died and his loss to the industry was further advertised when L’Ami Serge won the Grade 1 32Red Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown last Saturday.

The five-year-old began his career in France, where he was twice listed placed at Auteuil and he joined the Nicky Henderson stable in September.