CONGRATULATIONS to Micheal Orlandi and Compas Stallions for their decision to reintroduce Kuroshio (Exceed And Excel) to Europe in 2019. He was well supported this year with more than 100 mares covered, and breeders will have taken great satisfaction from the recent victory of his three-year-old daughter Kurious in the Group 3 Coral Charge Sprint Stakes on the Eclipse card at Sandown.

Always well regarded by her trainer Henry Candy, the three-year-old was bred to be a leading sprinter and, who knows, she might even in time emulate her famous siblings and win a Group 1. She is the latest star from her unraced Cozzene (Caro) dam Easy To Imagine who was sold at the Doncaster November Mixed Sale for 5,200gns in 2002. She has gone on to leave behind two Group 1 winners – so far!