nh racing
The apple does not fall far from the tree...
... judging by some of the NH results over the Christmas period, writes Aisling Crowe
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HE OLD ADAGE about good mares not making good broodmares didn’t hold up all that well over the Christmas racing period as Grade 1 winner Stage Star and the Leopardstown bumper victors Facile Vega and Embassy Gardens are all sons of mares who proved themselves to be a cut above their rivals on the track. The Grade 1 Challow Novices’ Hurdle winner Stage Star extended his unbeaten record with an effortless 6l success in the Newbury contest for the Owners Group, trainer Paul Nicholls and jockey Harry Cobden. The six-year-old son of Fame And Glory was bred by Andy Muddyman, and is the second foal out of his Grade 2 Warfield Mares’ Hurdle winner Sparky May. Muddyman also bred the daughter of Midnight Legend, who
Stage Star made a winning debut over hurdles at Chepstow and is now unbeaten in all three starts this season with his Grade 1 success most impressive
Stage Star lived up to his name
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The King George VI Chase winner Tornado Flyer with delighted winning connections from the T F P Partnership in the winners’ enclosure at Kempton
