IN racing and breeding, history has a great habit of repeating itself. The team at Darley certainly hopes this will be the case with Native Trail, who commences his stallion career this spring.

Native Trail shares the distinction of winning the Group 2 Superlative Stakes, Group 1 National Stakes and the Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas with just one other, Dubawi. The son of Oasis Dream (Green Desert) was rated the best juvenile in Europe after an unbeaten season, and added classic glory at three. His good looks have been wooing observers since his arrival to take up stud duties at Kildangan Stud.