AMONG the foals due to be sold at Tattersalls Ireland next week are a Sholokov (Sadler’s Wells) half-brother to dual Grade 1 chase winner No More Heroes (Presenting), as well as sons of Kalanisi (Doyoun) and the recently deceased Mount Nelson (Rock Of Gibraltar), the former out of a full-sister to the Drinmore Chase winner, and the latter out of a half-sister.

The foals were bred by Peter and Ann Downes at Russellstown Stud and the couple were celebrating after racing at Damma House in Kilkenny last weekend. The half-sisters Ryans Cave (Court Cave) and Mamaslittlestar (Stowaway) both won maidens on the card, and they are from a branch of this family that has served the Downes family so well for decades. Their grandam Celestial Queen (Persian Mews) is a half-sister to the dam of No More Heroes.