'He's thriving the whole time and could go straight to the Champion Bumper'

There can be few trainers either side of the Irish Sea whose stock has risen quite like Peter Fahey's has in the past 12 months.

A breakthrough Cheltenham festival success was achieved when Belfast Banter cut through the County Hurdle field under stable jockey Kevin Sexton.

Less than a month later, the pair provided Fahey his first Grade 1 success when bolting up in the two-mile novice hurdle at Aintree.