BUYING the only offspring of a mare as a breeding prospect is a bit of a gamble, given that you have no siblings to run for you and boost the family, and no sisters to provide further winners. These considerations were not lost I am sure on Patrick Burns of Newlands House Stud when he spent 30,000gns at the Tattersalls December Sale 22 years ago for the winning mare, Changari (Gulch).

One thing Changari had in her favour was the fact that she was a Juddmonte homebred. She traced back to Mofida (Right Tack), her third dam, and the pedigree page at the time showed that her grandam Dangora (Sovereign Dancer), runner-up in the Group 2 Lowther Stakes and a dual winner from four starts, was a half-sister to the dams of two-time European champion Zafonic (Gone West), Group 1 Eclipse Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes winner Elmaamul (Diesis), and Group 1 Fillies’ Mile and Oaks winner Reams Of Verse (Nureyev).