NORTHERN-bred winners were few and far between in the period under review but it was good to see the Stonethorn Stud Farms-owned and bred Millisle win for the second time in three starts in a two-year-old listed race over five furlongs at the Curragh last Friday.

Trained by Jessica Harrington and ridden by Shane Foley, the chesnut daughter of Starspangledbanner is the last foal out of the 1999 Indian Ridge mare Green Castle. Among the dam’s eight previous winners were Ithoughtitwasover (by Hurricane Run), Greenisland (by Fasliyev) and Glenmayne (by Duke Of Marmalade). This is the family of Green Lucia, Luchiroverte, Ravenswood, Tadwiga, etc.