Stephen Thorne

Dundalk Fri, 30th Oct, 2026  Son Of Beauty He’s a horse that obviously broke his maiden here earlier in the year and we then gave him a bit of time to mature and develop,. We brought him back for the Madrid Handicap and he ran a cracker in that. He ran a lovely race in Leopardstown in early summer and backed up a little bit too quickly in Gowran the following week. We decided then to leave him off, he’s a big-framed horse so we said we’d give him time to mature and develop. I think he’ll be a horse for up here during the winter. He’s still lightly raced and hopefully there should be another one in him. I had a very similar horse here last winter, Far From Dandy, who won a couple and was second in the Spring Mile. He mightn’t have the class of him but I’m hoping these three-year-olds can develop from three to four. He’ll be kept lightly raced through the winter months and hopefully he’s a horse that can continue to progress.

Fri, 30th Oct, 2026  Son Of Beauty He’s a horse that obviously broke his maiden here earlier in the year and we then gave him a bit of time to mature and develop,. We brought him back for the Madrid Handicap and he ran a cracker in that. He ran a lovely race in Leopardstown in early summer and backed up a little bit too quickly in Gowran the following week. We decided then to leave him off, he’s a big-framed horse so we said we’d give him time to mature and develop. I think he’ll be a horse for up here during the winter. He’s still lightly raced and hopefully there should be another one in him. I had a very similar horse here last winter, Far From Dandy, who won a couple and was second in the Spring Mile. He mightn’t have the class of him but I’m hoping these three-year-olds can develop from three to four. He’ll be kept lightly raced through the winter months and hopefully he’s a horse that can continue to progress.