THERE was only a handful of National Hunt graded events last weekend and one of the two held at the highest level went to a son of King’s Theatre (by Sadler’s Wells), the late Ballylinch Stud stallion who is leading the title race for champion sire of 2015/16.

Up to Monday night he was one of just four stallions past the £1 million mark in seasonal earnings – the others being Presenting, Kayf Tara and Beneficial – and the quartet were being closely pursued by Flemensfirth who was less than £9,000 from reaching that landmark.