IN their advertisement in The Irish Field Directory 2022, Airlie Stud stated that horses bred or raised there “have been winning the world over in 2021”.

The list included the Group 2 Celebration Mile winner Lavender’s Blue, Group 2 Brisbane Cup winner Knights Order, Group 3 winners Summerghand and Lismore, stakes winner Meu Amor, and the blacktype-placed runners Fifty Stars, Valeria Messalina, Marie’s Diamond, Red Lark and Quarantine Dream. That was just their 2021 form – you will know, for example, that Fifty Stars is a Group 1 winner and now standing his first season at Sunnyhill Stud.