THOUGH the current breeding season is over, I recently received correspondence from a well-known, very successful National Hunt breeder and stallion master. With his letter, he enclosed an article from the fondly recalled Stud & Stablemagazine, a monthly publication that I always looked forward to seeing on my late father’s desk.
The cutting was a five-page feature on Blackrath Stud, a farm that still operates today as a stallion stud. Written by Peter Towers-Clark, it appeared in the December 1972 edition, just short of half a century ago, and profiled the success of the stud’s owner Frank Latham. Frank was something of an icon for me within the industry as I grew up, always dressed in a suit, wearing a hat and with a pipe not far away.
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