DAVID Bowe, manager of Jeff Smith’s Littleton Stud, was a popular winner of the ITBA’s Wild Geese Award, created to recognise Irish people who have achieved notable success in the racing and bloodstock world overseas.

Born and raised in Waterford city, Bowe came from an equestrian family and was bitten by the bug at an early age. He skipped university to work as a student at Coolmore Stud and went to work in Kentucky and Newmarket before joining Jeff Smith’s Littleton Stud in Winchester over 20 years ago.