Falakeyah

Shadwell's unbeaten Falakeyah (New Bay) has been supplemented to the June 20 G1 Coronation Stakes. The listed-winning homebred delivered by 3 1/4 lengths in the Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket in May, but was ruled out of the G1 Betfred Oaks with a dirty scope and was deemed not ready for Sunday's G1 Prix de Diane Longines. "Owen [Burrows] feels she is now back to where she was before the dirty scope," said Shadwell's racing manager Angus Gold on Shadwell's website. "He's very happy with her and together we feel...

Sent off the 6-4 favourite for Sunday's Listed Betfred Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket, Shadwell's Falakeyah showed why with a comprehensive success in this Oaks pointer. Labelled a TDN Rising Star after her Wolverhampton debut win in November, the Owen Burrows-trained daughter of New Bay was allowed to bowl along in front from the outset by Jim Crowley. Killing any sign of a contest by the time she entered the dip, the relative of Baaeed and Hukum stayed on well enough to hold the Gosdens' daughter of Night Of Thunder,...

It's all about family for Tom Frary in selecting his favourite horse of 2024, and that extends to this talented sprinter's exciting young sire. Horse of the year: Kind Of Blue There is nothing better than seeing families produce good horses time after time, particularly when they are associated with the same owner-breeder-trainer combination down the years. Kind Of Blue (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}) represents just that, with his original owners Michelle Morris and Jan and Peter Hopper having also enjoyed much success with the dam's brother Deacon Blues (GB)...