I WAS delighted to read a piece by Martin Stevens recently when he wrote about the 27-year-old Well Chosen (Sadler’s Wells) who stands at Tom Meagher’s Kedrah House Stud in Tipperary. The piece, in Good Morning Bloodstock, was written following a call to readers to help identify the oldest active stallion at stud.

It turns out that 1999 was a good year to be born, as it was also when Great Pretender and Passing Glance were born, and all three were foaled within a month. Well Chosen, by a matter of 13 days, earns the title of the oldest of that trio, and Meagher hopes that he will cover a small number of mares this year. I am not sure what the plans are for the unraced Norwich Star (Norwich), no spring chicken herself at the age of 20, but her strike rate with Well Chosen is three foals, two Grade 2 winners. Maybe she is worth one more try.