This son of Saxon Warrior was purchased at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale — the same sale where we sourced Sir Busker for just €25,000 in 2017.

Saxon Warrior, a son of Japan’s legendary sire Deep Impact, is out of the Group 1-winning Galileo mare Maybe. He won the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy as a juvenile before landing the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket at three. At stud, his first crop featured Breeders’ Cup winner Victoria Road, helping propel his fee to €35,000. While his commercial momentum has steadied slightly since, his progeny continue to advertise his class, with Group performers such as King’s Gambit, Lumiere Rock and Rage Of Bamby keeping his name firmly in the spotlight.

Comic Hero’s dam, Sense Of Humour, was a winner over seven furlongs and boasts an exceptional pedigree from the Anthony Oppenheimer family. She is by leading European sire Dark Angel, now emerging as a highly influential broodmare sire, most notably through Havana Grey, one of the most exciting young stallions currently at stud. Sense Of Humour is out of a Bernardini mare — a top-class maternal influence — who is a half-sister to 2,000 Guineas winner Footstepsinthesand and Group 1-winning juvenile Pedro The Great, both successful stallions in their own right. It is very much a stallion’s pedigree, with depth and quality throughout.

Comic Hero made an encouraging start to his racing career and, despite being agonisingly denied a win as a two-year-old, showed himself to be a well-above-average young horse. He confirmed that promise when powering to a decisive victory on his first start of the 2026 campaign on the all-weather at Kempton.

He has continued to progress through the season, finishing a close second in a competitive Class 3 handicap over a mile at Newmarket before stepping up into the valuable Class 2 handicap at Chester. Although he could finish only sixth on that occasion, he was beaten just over two lengths in a race worth £50,000 and has continued to show that he is capable of competing at a good level.

Comic Hero remains relatively lightly raced and there is every reason to believe there is more to come from this likeable son of Saxon Warrior as he continues to develop.