AS a breeder, how excited would you be to watch a two-year-old you produced win a prestigious juvenile race? I thought so – you would be ecstatic. Such rare moments are to be savoured, and occasionally may even be capitalised on. Suddenly the dam and younger siblings of the winner are that much more attractive in the front, or back, paddock.

If breeding a leading two-year-old would get your heart racing, consider the state of Derek and Gay Veitch’s tickers. Based in Rhode, Co Offaly, the couple could only have watched with awe yesterday as they saw Ubettabelieveit, bred at their Ringfort Stud, defy his awkward name and win a fiercely contested Group 2 Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster.