IN EARLY 2020 I wrote at length about Josephine Abercrombie following victory for Mucho Gusto in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup. At the time she was aged 94 and still running, with the assistance of her manager, Kildare-born Clifford Barry, the famous Pin Oak Stud.

On September 12th, Fasig-Tipton will offer the farm’s remaining broodmares, weanlings and some fillies of racing age at the company’s Newtown Paddocks in Lexington. The catalogue is available now to view online.