JOHN Connaughton is the owner and breeder of Bloomfield, an eye-catching winner of a three-year-old maiden at the Curragh last weekend on her debut. Such was the manner of her success that it would be no surprise if she went on from this to much better things, and maybe she could be a filly for some valuable group races in 2018 also.

She is the seventh winning progeny for her unraced dam Ramona, a daughter of Desert King, and she is another promising runner for her sire Teofilo, an unbeaten Group 1 winning son of Galileo at two when he captured both the National Stakes and the Dewhurst Stakes for Jim Bolger. The trainer has also enjoyed great success with his offspring.