TUESDAY was quite a red-letter day for British breeding, as horses bred there won three of the four Grade 1 races on offer. Pride of place goes to Honeysuckle, the unbeaten 16-time winner, including a point-to-point, who was notching her 11th Grade 1 win when landing her second Champion Hurdle.

With a race record like that, Honeysuckle’s family is well-known to all, featuring as often as it does. It did have one significant update in recent times, her year-younger full-brother Last Royal (Sulamani) finally adding an impressive hurdle success to a prior victory in a bumper.