OVERBURY Stud’s Group 1 star Kayf Tara (by Sadler’s Wells) is the top National Hunt stallion in Britain, third in this season’s championship title race (up to Monday night) and with his current representatives featuring the Grade 1 stars Thistlecrack and Identity Thief. They also include Blaklion who took the Grade 2 totepool Towton Novices’ Chase over three miles at Wetherby on Saturday, his first blacktype success over the larger obstacles but adding to an earlier pair of Grade 2 victories over hurdles.

The seven-year-old holds entries in both the Listed National Hunt Chase and the Grade 1 RSA Chase at next month’s Cheltenham Festival, and having already been rated 150 before his latest success, he looks like a horse who has a very bright future as a staying chaser.