Indalo our lightly raced 5 yr old syndicate gelding by Phoenix of Spain makes it 5 wins from 13 runs after winning the Coral Challenge following a 2nd in the Cambridgeshire and 3rd in the Hunt Cup. All credit to @varianstable and @Raydawson101. My season getting better🤞🤞
The highlights of the year was Lady of Spain winning the Group 3 Atalanta and Awaken coming second in the Albany at Royal Ascot. Also Indalo’s close 2nd in the Cambridgeshire.
Soprano, Lady of Spain, Transparent & Glamis Rd were sold.
2025 proved much tougher for me on the track vs the once in a lifetime results I experienced in 2024.
52 races
12 wins - 23%.
19 placed - 36.5%.
31 win/placed - 59.5%.
2 black type wins, 3 black type placed and
2 fourths in Group races.
In 2024 the corresponding figures were
34 races
10 wins - 29%
11 placed - 32.3%
21 win/placed - 61.3%
Black Type win or place 14 times or a whopping 41%.
Farewell my Lady of Spain sold for 900k guineas at @Tattersalls1766 December Mare Sale. It’s been a great journey. Thank you to @varianstable for getting the best out of her. I’m sure her new owners @NorthernFarm will get the Group 1 win if they race her.
40,000gns ⏩ 900,000gns
𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐎𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 was purchased by us as a yearling @Tattersalls1766 for 40,000 and was resold last night for 900,000gns to Katsumi Yoshida.
The Gr.3 Atalanta Stakes winner and Gr.1 Sun Chariot fourth was consigned by @BarodaStudIre and we're delighted that she's off to such a good home 🏡
Wishing her new connections the very best of luck with her!
#LadyOfSpain #Sceptresessions #Varianstables
Gr.3 Atalanta Stakes winner and Gr.1 Sun Chariot Stakes fourth Lady Of Spain is part of a strong @BarodaStudIre draft set for the #SceptreSessions at the #TattsDecember Mares Sale.
📘 https://t.co/xUXrDnqwXZ
I’ve now sold 50% of my Baaeed ex Prance filly as intended to five wonderful partners each taking 10% each. Four were involved in the Believing syndicate so I am in excellent company.
😍 It was love at first sight for @racingtimrz when purchasing a Baaeed filly from @Gillonbldstk for 130,000gns at #TattsOctober Book 2.
Part of the @HighclereRacing syndicate who owned Believing, he was inspired to go out on his own and likens his new purchase to her.
Lady of Spain goes to Tattersalls Sceptre Session on Tuesday. A Group 3 winner & Group 1 performer with the ability to win at the highest level. It is so hard selling her but you have to leave something on the table for the next owner. It should hurt. https://t.co/0MoYloS7yM
😍 It was love at first sight for @racingtimrz when purchasing a Baaeed filly from @Gillonbldstk for 130,000gns at #TattsOctober Book 2.
Part of the @HighclereRacing syndicate who owned Believing, he was inspired to go out on his own and likens his new purchase to her.
After success with syndicate fillies Believing, Soprano and Awaken via @HighclereRacing and partnership filly Lady of Spain trained by @varianstable I took the plunge and bought this gorgeous daughter of Baaeed @Tattersalls1766.
https://t.co/voYT43DW5t via @tattersalls1766
With Danehill Dancer as her dam sire and St Marks Basilica and Magna Grecia under her second dam her genes have kept good company.
She will be trained by the one and only @WilliamHaggas who trained her illustrious sire. Ive always wanted to have a horse with William & Maureen
🤩 "Stuff of dreams"
What a result for young guns Ffion White and brothers Jack & Max Galway, turning €85,000 into 450,000gns when their Minzaal filly was knocked down to @karl_burke at #TattsOctober Book 2.
"Back in school tomorrow" for the trio!
I’ve spent the last two days at Tattersalls Book 2 witnessing at 1st hand how hard @NickBradley_1 works to identify the best fillies - in the almost impossible hope of buying one or two at sensible prices. No wonder his 2yo fillies have generated more than £600k in earnings
and beats my Transparent by a neck. Perhaps if he hadn’t spent so long admiring Ultrasoul he might have got passed him and secured his first win in a while!