GALWAY’s Ivor and Olive Broderick, the owners of Watermill Swatch, the most popular thoroughbred sire here in recent years, have paid a heartfelt tribute to the late stallion.

And by happenstance, Daphne Tierney’s home-bred Bloomfield Watergate was the Kylemore Stud’s second winner of the prestigious All Ireland three-year-old final at Bannow and Rathangan just the previous week.