Richard Brabazon

Leopardstown Thu, 18th Jun, 2026  Yquem We only have three in training (Gilts won at Gowran on Friday), so we have a bit of pressure on our runner at the Curragh now - we run Tide Of Fortune there. With the few we have, just looking at them riding out, they are just in form. You get to the middle of summer and horses are just well in themselves and they are out the field for a couple of hours. They are just in a good place. She was very well-handicapped, obviously, if she was ever going to put it right. We had a top jockey. That was a difficult job to do from that draw (17). So, just everything went right. She is a Wootton Bassett out of a Galileo mare, so it was very important to get a win. She is in foal to Phoenix Of Spain so that's even more exciting. Chris thinks that there is another race in her, so we'll keep going for another couple of months anyway and we'll be told when to stop.

Gowran Park Fri, 12th Jun, 2026  Gilts We are delighted with her. . Jack just said that she is mentally immature, which is lovely to hear when they have won. That would fit, as she just didn't know what she was doing in her earlier races and things didn't quite go right. . I walked the course there before racing and I thought the ground was lovely. She had a super draw and I just thought everything was in place for her to run a good race. . You never know in their first handicap. Anyway, it worked out well and she is maturing which is great. She is 51, so even if she gets clobbered she'll probably still be in a 0-60, which gives us options. Jack said between seven and a mile suits.

Fri, 12th Jun, 2026  Gilts We are delighted with her. . Jack just said that she is mentally immature, which is lovely to hear when they have won. That would fit, as she just didn't know what she was doing in her earlier races and things didn't quite go right. . I walked the course there before racing and I thought the ground was lovely. She had a super draw and I just thought everything was in place for her to run a good race. . You never know in their first handicap. Anyway, it worked out well and she is maturing which is great. She is 51, so even if she gets clobbered she'll probably still be in a 0-60, which gives us options. Jack said between seven and a mile suits.