IT may be small in actual size, but the annual arrival of the Moyglare Spring Book is an opportunity to pore over lists of some truly exceptional bloodstock. The farm, founded by Walter Haefner, is now owned by his daughter Eva-Maria Bucher-Haefner, and she continues with the policy of breeding from a broodmare crop of just over 40 mares.

Moyglare races most of the horses bred there, though many years ago it was also a supplier of quality stock to the sales. Over the years 21 Group 1 winners, a further 21 Group 2 winners which includes Be My Guest, 26 Group 3 winners and, coincidentally, the same number of listed winners, including the Grade 1 winning hurdler Unaccompanied, have been produced. The farm is getting close now to a landmark 100 stakes winners.