IT was an afternoon to remember for the team at Derrinstown Stud on Saturday when two sons of their classic-winning son of Cape Cross (Green Desert), Awtaad, each enjoyed a Group 2 success at ParisLongchamp.

With such a plethora of top-class racing all last weekend, it would be easy to overlook the achievement. One of the wins, that of Anmaat in the Group 2 Prix Dollar, was well timed, and it was to the ultimate benefit of the gelding’s breeders, Derek and Gay Veitch from Ringfort Stud. Days after the race they sold a Kodiac (Danehill) yearling half-sister to Anmaat for 300,000gns to Manor House Farm at Newmarket.