DUBAWI’S (Dubai Millennium) position as one of the all-time great British stallions is well-established and it was excellent news when we heard that his top-class son Space Blues would join the team at Kildangan Stud. It was appropriate too as he is related to an important sire who held court at the Co Kildare base for many years.

Foal buyers showed their appreciation for those members of Space Blues’ first crop who came under the hammer last autumn, one of his sons realising €140,000 at Goffs, while a daughter sold for 95,000gns in Newmarket.