WHETHER it be the transition to Manchester City becoming the leading outfit in English football, or Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott surging to the top in National Hunt racing, cycles of prominence are always present and evolving in the world of sport.

The same is true to a certain extent when it comes to the fashion of stallions, a factor that has the potential to make or break a pinhooker’s fortunes in the time between buying and reselling their stock. The fickle nature of sales-ring popularity is especially true in terms of National Hunt sires when foals and yearlings are being sold.