RIVER Boyne, a Grade 1 winning son of Dandy Man (Mozart), commenced stallion duties at Derek Iceton’s Tara Stud two years ago, and among the purchasers of his first foals last autumn were Peter and Ross Doyle, and Bobby O’Ryan.

The stallion was supported in his first year by breeders such as Eimear Mulhern and Ringfort Stud’s Derek Veitch.