Periodical


JUNE


2025

This issue…

01 HORSE IN FOCUS
02 ON THE TRACK
03 ROYAL ASCOT REVIEW
04 Stud visits
05 Where are they now
06 Clodagh’s Recipe
07 Tattinger Moment

Frances de Haan

LATEST BREEZE UP FILLY ADDED TO THE STRING

ARDAD x Tempest FUGIT (b f 2023)
Horse in Focus

We thought we had filled our books for the 2025 intake but when this beautiful daughter of Ardad was brought to Harry’s attention, in his words he quite simply “couldn’t resist”. Out of the 50 that actually breezed she was the 8th fastest, her pedigree is the perfect mix of both speed and stamina and so this is a great reflection on her ability. Please click here for the details. As you will see for yourselves, she really has an eye-catching action and a great head position, you can see why she was a standout at the sale.

Ardad is a successful young speed sire whose best horse so far has been Perfect Power who won the Middle Park (Gr 1), the Morny (Gr 1) and the Commonwealth Cup (Gr 1). He has sired plenty of other Group and Listed performers since retiring to stud in 2018. This filly is out of the Listed winner Tempus Fugit (High Chaparral) and her half-sister, Total Gallery, won the Prix de l'Abbaye (Gr1). A full sister to Tempus Fugit called Lady Darshaan was Group 1 placed, and she is the dam of Stakes winners Beholding and Let’s Go. It’s a top family of Anthony Oppenheimer’s Hascombe Stud so to have a filly bred like her is incredibly exciting and if she does turn out to be good then she is worth a lot of money as a broodmare.

Ardad x Tempest Fugit (b f 2023)

I saw her myself at Jamie Magee’s when she is having some brief paddock time before heading into Ed Walker who will train her. She looked a picture and her walk was particularly impressive. We are thrilled Ed will be training her, he is having a fantastic season and his beautiful yard set in the stunning rolling hills of Lambourn is certainly another reason to get involved.

Unsurprisingly this filly has sold extremely well, there are only one or two shares left so please do get in touch with us if you are interested to avoid disappointment.

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‘We thought we had filled our books for the 2025 intake but when this beautiful daughter of Ardad was brought to Harry’s attention, in his OWN words he quite simply “couldn’t resist”.

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