SURELY there can only be one winner of this accolade, that of bargain of the week. After all, what could you buy today for €700? You would certainly not expect a stakes winner of more than €125,000.

The rags-to-riches tale of Master Matt is the type of good news story that you wish all papers would pick up on. Bred by Shadwell Estate Company, the son of Slade Power (Dutch Art) is out of a Shadwell homebred Ahaaly, herself a winning daughter of Exceed And Excel (Danehill). This is a family that was very successful for the late Sheikh Hamdan, and one that is now proving beneficial to a number of others.