COOLMORE know a thing or two about the family of the Navan listed winner Carmers. Trained by Paddy Twomey, Fiona Carmichael’s three-year-old son of Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) is out of three-time winner Signe (Sea The Stars), whom she bought with the assistance of Amanda Skiffington for $1.1 million at Goffs 11 years ago.

Carmers has gone from winning a Ballinrobe main to earning a tilt at the Queen’s Vase in Royal Ascot after he landed the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Yeats Stakes. Named after the great Ballydoyle runner and successful Coolmore sire, the Navan race is a sound pointer to future success, and it would be no surprise if one day the Tipperary behemoth came calling with an offer for Carmers.