W e’re approaching the end of the 2022 foaling season now at both Kiltinan and Watership Down. We were delighted to welcome the safe arrival of Dar Re Mi’s colt foal by leading sire Lope De Vega on 26th April. He is a strong foal and typical of the sire, Simon Marsh added ‘we’re [...]
T he foaling season is well underway at both Kiltinan and Watership Down with a total of eighteen foals on the ground to date and a sizeable number of exciting maiden mares to note. Two homebred mares foaled in January, Shimmering (Lope De Vega) herself a winning miler at two, had a wonderful filly [...]
A n exciting draft of mares head to the Goffs November Breeding stock sale, consigned by our Irish stud; Kiltinan Castle. The five mares, catalogued as lot 1252 through 1256, all sell on Friday 19th November and can be viewed in Barn P from Wednesday 17th at lunch time onwards. The first lot selling [...]
T he end of October always marks the end of busy sales period, and none more so than this year. We were delighted to wrap up Tattersalls October Book 1 sale as second leading consigner, with nine fewer horses than the top consigner, as well as the highest priced colt to sell at the [...]
A fter a summer of preparations, our Book 1 yearlings have arrived in Park Paddocks, Newmarket. The Tattersalls October yearling sales begin on Tuesday, and we will be showing them over the weekend. The draft is represented by seventeen outstanding yearlings, predominantly colts, with just one filly representative. Highlights include an outstanding homebred colt [...]
T oo Darn Hot has landed in Australia with another stellar line up of mares for the season ahead. Breeders were offered one last opportunity to secure a nomination to our dual European Champion by bidding in an online auction with all proceeds going towards CatWalk’s spinal cord injury research. The nomination was sold [...]
T his month has seen plenty of action on the track, none more impressive than the Irish Derby, claimed by Hurricane Lane last weekend at the Curragh. The Frankel colt, bred by Philippa Cooper, is the second foal from the mare Gale Force who was purchased in 2019, from the Normandie Stud Part Dispersal [...]
A s we move into what is supposed to be our glorious sunny summer months, we asked for rain and we have certainly got it! On a brighter note, our foaling season at Watership and Kiltinan has drawn to an end and we have plenty of quality foals to look forward to over the [...]
W e have continued to welcome plenty of new arrivals this past month. Lingering excitement has surrounded the Too Darn Hot foals and they continue to impress. He has well over thirty foals safely on the ground now, including a half-sister to Tally Ho Stud’s classic winning miler, Galileo Gold. Bo Hicks-Little of Pantile [...]
A midst the frost and bitterly cold weather, January always brings intrigue and curiosity to racing industry, with the excitement of new life around the corner. There has been understandable anticipation in the Watership camp with the imminent arrival of Too Darn Hot’s #NewDarnFoals! Too Darn Hot covered an outstanding book of mares during [...]
