IT’S not unusual for Jane Chapple-Hyam to be associated with big-name, big-race horses. They have been a part of her life from the very start, a childhood blessed with their brilliance and then a career burnished by the very best, her path to where she stands now strewn with milestones bearing their names.

Leilani, Beldale Ball, Sadler’s Wells, El Gran Senor, Rodrigo De Triano, Dr Devious, Balanchine, Black Caviar, some connections tighter than others but all of them names to make that path as much about the journey as the destination.