THE deceased thoroughbred stallion September Storm has sired four mixed winners in the past few weeks, the latest being Ninth Wave, who recorded his fourth victory of the British point-to-point season when landing the men’s open at Bratton Down last Sunday.

Two of September Storm’s thoroughbred progeny have won events in Ireland, the first being the Lucca Stubington-partnered Quingenti, who topped the final leaderboard in the EI115 (Open) at Tyrella in early May. Unfortunately, the pair parted company at the seventh fence in the CCI4*-S at Millstreet last weekend.

On Sunday, May 26th, Handsome Starr, another Weatherbys-registered gelding by the Monsun stallion, recorded a comfortable success in the EI110 (Open) at Hazeldene, this win under Steven Smith marking the 12-year-old’s first start since August last year.

Between those two eventing wins, September Storm enjoyed success in the show ring when John Foley and Alan Harney’s Kilmacow Major was chosen as winner of the lightweight three-year-old geldings’ class at Balmoral Show and then stood reserve three-year-old to the supreme champion, Tullabeg Hello.

“This is the horse of a lifetime and we entered him at Balmoral because the youngstock judges, Henrietta Knight and Angus McDonald, are thoroughbred people, who would like a blood horse,” said John, who was happy to let Alan show their bay. “He wasn’t ready for Balmoral last year, but was youngstock champion at Clonmel, placed fifth in Dublin and, immediately after that, was youngstock champion at Tullow. We’ll get him qualified now for the three-year-old championship at Bannow and Rathangan and then take him back to Dublin.

“Alan’s brother Conor bred the horse, who’s out of a Letter Land mare. She (Kilmacow Rose) never jumped competitively, but she was a great jumper and an even better hunter. I hunted her myself with every pack that ever moved. Our fellow was her first foal. She has a two-year-old gelding by Donal Barnwell’s stallion Billy Congo and a colt foal on the ground by Gideon.”