DE Bromhead, Mullins, Mullins, Elliott, Elliott, Elliott, Mullins, O’Brien, Elliott, Elliott, Meade, Mullins. That is how the roll of honour for Grade 1 races in Ireland read for the 2025/’26 season before last week at Naas, where a new name joined the top table standings.

What a result it was for the Declan Queally team to register a first Grade 1 success, courtesy of the tough-as-teak I’ll Sort That in the rescheduled Ballymore Novice Hurdle - made all the more special by Declan Jr being in the saddle for what is a family-run operation.