We are likely to see some exciting two-year-olds come out of Ballydoyle over the course of the season but the manner of Buttons’ victory in the 7f Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at Leopardstown on Thursday (8 June) was particularly impressive.

To own a champion racehorse must be the thing of dreams. When said racehorse is a son of your own champion mare it must mean so much more.