NEWS of a gamble being landed at Thirsk early on Saturday afternoon was well-received in Richhill where Choux, who, in a very short period of time, had been backed from 40/1 into 100/30 en route to winning division one of the Irish Stallion Farms two-year-old fillies’ maiden, had been broken at Ballybreagh.

The breaking, pre-training and sales prep yard is run, as part of Crawford Bros Racing, by Ross Crawford and his wife Kelly (née Troughton) who were only sent the bay daughter of Exceed And Excell in February.