Powerful Glory

Unbeaten listed winner Pintara (Pinatubo) (lot 1760A) and Group 1 producer Wouldntitbelovely (Kodiac) (lot 1760B) have been added as wildcards to the Tattersalls December Mares Sale which takes place from December 1-3. They will both sell during the Sceptre Sessions on December 1-2. A winner of the Montrose Fillies' Stakes at Newmarket, Pintara is out of a half-sister to G1 Prix du Moulin runner-up Akatea (Shamardal) and is a half-sister to G2 Italian Derby second Juan De Montalban (Lope De Vega). Wouldntitbelovely is the dam of G1 British Champions Sprint...

Qipco British Champions Day should be one of those occasions when some of the stallions of next year go out in a blaze of glory on the track. Richard Fahey's Powerful Glory did indeed enhance his future stallion credentials when delivering a 200/1 shock success in the British Champions Sprint, but the other major winners of the day were geldings, bar of course the dual Champion Fillies and Mares Stakes winner Kalpana (Study Of Man). The upside of that scenario is that we can look forward to some returning heroes...

Respect. It really is that simple. If we want to be involved with horses in sport we must treat those animals who give us either our pleasure or livelihood - or both - with decency and dignity. There are rogue elements, of course, but it is how the majority of people involved in horseracing feel and act, be they breeders, owners, trainers, jockeys or fans. Perhaps the most touching embodiment of this was witnessed during a recent visit to Sapporo racecourse in Japan, where there is a shrine alongside the...