IF we had a broodmare of the year award, one of the favourites at the moment would be Modern Ideals, an unplaced daughter of New Approach (Galileo).

She was trained for Sheikh Mohammed, who bred her, by no less a giant of the training ranks than André Fabre. Modern Ideals must have shown something at home, as she made a single start towards the backend of her three-year-old career, but beat just one home. She remained in training at four, was sent out for a single start that summer, and again she beat just one horse home in a field of 13.