THE Big Breakaway is one of the most talked about horses in training and last week he won his second hurdle race, at Newbury, in the style of a horse going places. He is from a family that features for the second time in a month in this column, but I make no apologies for highlighting it again.

Bred in Conna, Co Cork by William Mangan, The Big Breakaway has been a horse on the rise since his young days. A son of Getaway (Monsun), he was sold as a foal at Tattersalls Ireland for €17,000 to MCC Farms. Nurtured for two and half years, he returned a nice profit when he sold at the 2018 Derby Sale to Monbeg Stables for €55,000.