DAVID Harvey owned and trained Titian Blonde during her career, having purchased her from the Keating sisters, Dolores and Phena. The daughter of former Garryrichard Stud stallion Callernish won six races for Harvey, two bumpers, three hurdle races and a chase. She garnered some valuable blacktype at Fairyhouse on the way.

After producing three foals at stud, Harvey sold the mare to Malachy Stone back in 2000 for 36,000gns, retaining a then yearling daughter by Old Vic. That filly was named Blonde Ambition and she won a couple of point-to-points for Harvey and was placed over hurdles and fences on the racecourse proper. Her first two foals have run and won and the second of them is Brain Power, winner of the Grade 3 Wessex Youth Trust Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday.