MICHAEL Ryan of Al Eile Stud has had many great days racing, but I imagine he got some particular pleasure from the result of the Totepoolliveinfo.com For Racing Results Maiden Fillies’ Stakes at Chelmsford recently. His home-bred Annie Fior, trained by Denis Coakley, ran out a half-length winner from the John Gosden runner Cercle D’Or, a half-sister to Golden Horn.

The race provided Finsceal Fior, an unraced son of Ryan’s great classic heroine Finsceal Beo, with his first winner from his first crop and with his first runner. That first crop of now juveniles numbers just 13, and the Green Hills Stud-based stallion has been steadily increasing in popularity with breeders. This win by Annie Fior will give them and the horse a further boost.