SUCH is the remarkable run of form he is on, it feels as though you could park up a run-down Fiat Punto in Ross O’Sullivan’s yard at the moment and come back to find it has turned into a souped-up BMW 7 Series by the time you’re heading for the gate. So much of what he has touched this summer has turned to gold.

There is no exact science to training racehorses - and there probably never will be - but the team at his impressively-built base in Kill, Co Kildare have clearly managed to get a handle on some of the key ingredients for success judged on a sensational spell this year. It has been the most purple of patches.