SOLD last December at Tattersalls for 38,000gns, Yodelling (Medaglia D’Oro) joined the broodmare band at Stetchworth and Middle Park Studs in Newmarket, owned by the Gredley family. She was carrying to Showcasing (Oasis Dream), his fee was £45,000, and she is due early next month.

Already with a bargain in their possession, how pleased the new owners must be to find that, on Thursday, Yodelling’s four-year-old son Western Writer (Shamdal) won the Listed HH The President’s Cup in Abu Dhabi. While it may not be the most important of races on the world stage, the gelding will still get valuable blacktype in future sales catalogues.