I MAKE no apologies for including a review of the pedigree of Off Limits again in this column. She is proving to be one of the most improved runners of the year and on the same weekend that Coolmore extolled the virtues of Mastercraftsman in this paper, she became his fourth northern hemisphere Group 1 winner and his sixth in all.

She scooped a cheque for $180,000 when seeing off another Irish-bred in Hawksmoor to bring her lifetime record to seven wins in 17 starts after she annexed the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar. Trained by Chad Brown for Martin Schwartz, the five-year-old is from the second crop of Mastercraftsman (Danehill Dancer). The first crop included The Grey Gatsby, Kingston Hill and Amazing Maria. Mastercraftsman will stand at €25,000 again in 2018.