FLAG Of Honour is an intriguing prospect and, although some view him as an ideal National Hunt one, flat breeders should not overlook the chance to breed to this Group 1-winning son of Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) for just £2,500.

He has two half-brothers who have achieved useful results as flat sires, one of them getting a Group 1 scorer in France and the other a source of prolific and durable sprinters. How prolific and durable? We’re talking about a long list of horses who have won between four and 13 races on the flat, not all of whom are among the long list who have raced between 25 and 87 times.