Top Of The Pops Wins £25,000 October Book 1 Bonus & £15,000 Craven Breeze Up Bonus and Earns £51,110

The Mark Johnston trained TOP OF THE POPS became the 222nd winner of a £25,000 October Book 1 Bonus and 17th winner of a £15,000 Craven Breeze Up Bonus when scoring on debut in the British Stallion Studs EBF Reference Point Novice Stakes at Leicester. The son of KINGMAN earned his owner Alan Spence a remarkable £51,110 for his victory; made up of a £25,000 October Book 1 Bonus, a £15,000 Craven Breeze Up Bonus, a £6,000 Plus 10 Bonus and prize money of £5,110. A half-brother to Champion older horse POET’S WORD, TOP OF THE POPS went unsold at 190,000 guineas when offered by Woodcote Stud at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and was purchased for 60,000 guineas by Johnston Racing at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale from the consignment of Malcolm Bastard.