IT has taken a little longer than expected, but one of my favourite stallions, Expert Eye (Acclamation), got his stakes winner, Snellen remaining unbeaten after the Listed Chesham Stakes.

The Lindsay Laroche-homebred is the first foal out of the stakes-placed Illumined (Sea The Moon), and she was purchased in utero by Daithí Harvey for 170,000gns in 2020. Given that this was just 10,000gns more than she cost as a foal, and that she won twice and placed three times from five starts, being third in a listed race at Goodwood, you could say she was well bought.