LAST week Shane and Kim Molan were recipient of a Connolly’s Red Mills/The Irish Field Breeder of the Month award for the exploits of Waikuku in Hong Kong, where he is a three-time Group 1 winner. This was extra special as Shane’s parents in Riversfield Stud bred the gelding’s sire Harbour Watch.

A son of Acclamation (Royal Applause), Harbour Watch gained his most important success at two when he was successful in the Group 2 Richmond Stakes at Goodwood. In fact, he was unbeaten at two and, sadly, did not make it back to the racetrack, retiring to stud at Tweenhills. While he failed to set the stallion ranks alight, his five crops included a pair of Group 1 winners, the other being last weekend’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner, Pyledriver.