MANY congratulations to Tom Foy who, along with the Lope De Vega Syndicate, bred last Saturday’s Jersey Stakes (Group 3) winner Noble Champion. Sent off a 25/1 shot, the Ed Walker-trained, Kieran Shoemark-ridden three-year-old Lope De Vega colt is out of the Diktat mare Cute who is dam of four other winners including the eight-time scorer Pogo (by Zebedee).

Two days earlier, there was a win at Chelmsford for the Andrew McNally-bred four-year-old gelding Ziggy’s Missile (Blue Point - Shafaani, by Green Desert) and one at Leopardstown for the Hardys of Kilkeel-bred three-year-old gelding Faoladh (Kodi Bear – Lumiere Astrale, by Trempolino).