THE influence of Danehill (by Danzig) on the National Hunt sector has been increasing over the past decade and the line’s recent blacktype scorers include Blue Hell, winner of the Grade B FKM Group Supporting Temple Street Hospital Handicap Hurdle over two miles at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Yet another good winner this season for the combination of trainer Alan Fleming and owner Barry Connell, the five-year-old was bred in France by Eric Puerari, a name more commonly associated with Group/Grade 1 winners on the flat, including Zagora and Morandi and classic stars Winged Love and Flotilla, to name just a few.