NICKY Hartery is the chairman of Horse Racing Ireland, a hugely successful international businessman, and he has also enjoyed plenty of rewarding days as a thoroughbred breeder.

One of his earliest highlights in the latter role was Margot Did, a daughter of Exceed And Excel (Danehill) that he sold cheaply, but who went on to win the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes as a three-year-old, by some way a career-best performance. Her five victories also contained two other stakes wins, while as a juvenile she was runner-up in three good contests, the Group 2 Lowther Stakes and a couple of Group 3 races, including the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot.