GUESTS at the Connolly’s Red Mills/The Irish Field Breeder of the Year dinner last week were given a tip by yours truly. It was based on the fact that William and Emma Kennedy were unable to attend the dinner, as they had a runner at Roscommon. They were represented by William’s brother Gerard.

The runner at Roscommon was not any ordinary one. The four-year-old Bosphorus Rose (Golden Horn) was running in the Listed Lenebane Stakes, on just her second start in Emma’s colours since she joined Paddy Twomey this season. She was third in the Group 3 Munster Oaks on her seasonal debut. The filly was purchased by the couple, under Stanley Lodge, for 150,000gns in December, having won four races and been placed in a listed race.