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BREEDING INSIGHTS: Hughes is the go-to man for winners
Leo Powell
Leo Powell checks out a pair of pattern winners in 24 hours for Richard Hughes
18 July 2025 Columns
BREEDING INSIGHTS: Qilin Queen boosts Pinatubo’s stud record
Leo Powell has some stories behind three recent big race winners, including Qilin Queen
18 July 2025 Columns
BREEDING INSIGHTS: Girl power rules in family of Falmouth winner
Leo Powell checks out the family of Group 1 winner Cinderella's Dream
BREEDING INSIGHTS: The Curragh maiden that keeps producing Group 1 winners
Leo Powell has a look at Aidan O'Brien's amazing record in a single Curragh maiden
18 July 2025 Columns
BREEDING INSIGHTS: Sad death following best-ever season
Leo Powell pays tribute to Burgage Stud's Jukebox Jury who died this week
11 July 2025 Columns
BREEDING INSIGHTS: Tepin’s legacy assured by Delacroix
Leo Powell celebrates a notable victory for Delacroix, now a ready-made stallion prospect
11 July 2025 Columns
BREEDING INSIGHTS: Galileo and Vroum Vroum Mag – a winning duo
Leo Powell looks at a Roscommon winner who is bred like few others in training
11 July 2025 Columns
BREEDING INSIGHTS: Johnson Houghton works her magic again
Leo Powell reviews the Group 2 July Stakes winner Zavateri, and the weekend's German Derby winner
11 July 2025 Columns
What is the global impact of the Godolphin Flying Start programme?
George Connolly from Co Carlow, a recent graduate of the Godolphin Flying Start programme, assesses the programme's influence on global career opportunities in racing
4 July 2025 Features
BREEDING INSIGHTS: Aga Khan Studs’ red-letter weekend
Leo Powell celebrates a pair of big race wins in the silks of the late Aga Khan IV
4 July 2025 Columns
BREEDING INSIGHTS: Lambourn makes history for Coolmore and Ballydoyle
It was a weekend to savour for Coolmore, with three sires getting Group 1 winners, two of them bred there
4 July 2025 Columns
BREEDING INSIGHTS: Sire’s second pattern-winning juvenile of 2025
Leo Powell reviews three weekend stakes winners, the Irish juveniles Beautify and Suzie Songs, and the US three-year-old winner Lush Lips
4 July 2025 Columns