SOME 3,000 miles and three Sunday visits apart, there’s a link between Kevin Babington and Matt Page. That link of course is Clover Hill, sire of Babington’s best horse Carling King and bred on the Galway-Clare border by Page, whose story has largely gone untold.

Much has been written about the stallion’s worldwide progeny but very little about his breeder. Gaps in Clover Hill’s breeding start to be filled in but the clock is ticking. Coverage of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship is starting shortly on Galway Bay FM and the genial host is a hurling fan.