CHARM Spirit has made a charmed start to his stud career, his first crop being responsible, at the time of writing, for 15 individual winners of some 20 races. His son Charming Kid earned the first piece of blacktype for the stallion when he ran third in the Group 2 July Stakes, but last week his daughter Yourtimeisnow gave him his breakthrough first stakes winner.

This was achieved when the Roger Varian-trained daughter of Maid For Winning (Gone West) was successful in the Group 3 Shadwell Dick Poole Stakes at Salisbury. The 120,000gns Book 1 October Yearling Sale filly also became the first stakes winner for her dam who was snapped up for a mere 27,000gns as a broodmare in 2011 when carrying Stroll Patrol (Mount Nelson), who was actually placed in the race won by her half-sister last week.