FIVE in-a-row. That’s the proud Burghley record of Irish-breds in recent years. Two of those wins are courtesy of Ballaghmor Class, bred by the late Noel Hickey in Co Limerick.

We know Ballaghmor Class is by Courage II. That is undisputed. The other parts of his pedigree though looks set to be one of those glorious unsolved mysteries of the Irish horse world.