DUBAWI’S (Dubai Millennium) position as one of the all-time great British stallions is well-established and it was excellent news to hear that his top-class son Space Blues would join the team at Kildangan Stud. It was appropriate too.

Relationship to previously successful sires is one of the things we look for when assessing new sire recruits and this exciting prospect is related to an important one who held court at the Co Kildare base for many years.