ONE woman shouting home Lieutenant Command as he raced to victory at Leopardstown on Sunday was Busherstown’s Katie Rudd. The Noel Meade-trained nine-year-old son of Kendargent (Kendor) finally landed a blacktype win in the Grade B Carrickmines Chase.

Katie’s excitement for the win was because last November, at the Arqana Autumn Sale, she paid €17,000 to acquire Lieutenant Command’s winning half-sister Meadow Soprano, a then four-year-old daughter of Galiway (Galileo). She is one of four winners from the once-raced Maternelle (Machiavellian), and they comprise two winners each in Ireland and Denmark. Katie had not even got to the airport for the trip home when her telephone was buzzing, with people trying to buy Meadow Soprano.