HOW valuable was the victory for Joailliere in the Listed German Owners & Breeders’ Sprint Trophy at Dortmund last Sunday? Well it was far more than the mere €14,000 winners’ prizemoney for sure.

Dermot Weld identified the race as a suitable opportunity for the Moyglare Stud-bred Dubawi four-year-old Joailliere to fill a gap on her CV – that of winning a stakes race. Prior to this victory she had been placed in a trio of Group 3 races, the Concorde Stakes, Gladness Stakes and Park Express Stakes. Now she can head to the breeding shed as a stakes winner and she has contributed to an excellent start at stud for her unraced Linamix dam Majestic Silver.