WHAT a couple of days for Godolphin who have been making quite a splash at the yearling sales in Ireland and Britain. In the space of a little over 24 hours, they won two of the season’s most important juvenile contests, the Group 1 bet365 Fillies’ Mile with Desert Flower, and the Group 1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes with Shadow Of Light.

While the team has been acquiring some of the best bred yearlings on offer at the sales, both of these Group 1 winners are homebreds. Shadow Of Light (Lope De Vega) suffered his sole defeat in five starts at the hands of Cool Hoof Luke in the Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes, and we have not seen that winner since. We have seen Shadow Of Light twice since, and he also won the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes.