Lady Buttons: 'She'll race again but we won't be greedy - she's too precious'

Not much remains a secret in racing for long, especially if you own one of the most popular horses in training.

While Jayne Sivills and her husband Keith were doing their best to keep news of Lady Buttons returning to the fold at Phil Kirby’s stable quiet for at least a little while after she was unable to become a broodmare, the cat nearly came out of the bag via social media.

"On the Phil Kirby Racing Facebook page a couple of weeks ago they’d put a video on saying, 'The jumpers are back in training’, and I was sat on my laptop at home doing some work," says Sivills.