Our two-year-old colt Study The Stars in training at Upper Lambourn with Sylvester Kirk has been working well and improving fast. He’s now started stalls practice and this is his first attempt showing workmate Free Dancer how it should be done! We’re delighted with his progress at an exciting time when racing is looking to re-start…and have just one share left in this exceptionally good looking colt by leading first season stallion Due Diligence out of our six times winning mare Celestial Bay – please contact us soon if you’re interested…

Usual routine is continuing at Sylvester Kirk’s Upper Lambourn yard where our two youngsters are out on the gallops every day. Our Swiss Spirit filly Eaux De Vie has been coming on well as is our Due Diligence colt Study The Stars. During the lockdown Sylvester has kept in touch with clips of both working on the gallops and we’ve uploaded these to our YouTube channel titled “Keeping up to speed’.

Homebred Racing’s YouTube channel has now had over 50,000 viewings including videos of past and recent winners as well as other clips of general interest. Most popular is Homebred Star’s amazing 100/1 win at Lingfield where, trailing the field turning into the straight, he flew past all the runners inside the final furlong to win a shade easily (ridden by now successful trainer Robbie Brisland)! Next popular is Richard Hughes last to first masterclass on Celestial Bay – but there are plenty of clips for racing fans to to watch during the lockdown…

Our two-year-old Swiss Spirit filly, Eaux De Vie (shown here), is the subject of positive reports from the Lambourn gallops. Trainer Sylvester Kirk said “Eaux De Vie worked with my smart Fastnet Rock filly yesterday and I couldn’t believe how well she went – I thought that I was looking at the wrong horse! She’s made tremendous improvement and moved like a dream”. Sylvester was also upbeat about our two-year-old colt Study The Stars he describes as “a super youngster who should make a smart horse”. Just a couple of shares left – so please contact us if you’re interested

Our two lovely yearlings Study The Stars (shown here) and Eaux De Vie had to bravely face gale-force winds and torrential rain when loading to leave home for the first time and make the 200 mile journey to renowned horse whisperer Gary Witheford’s stables near Marlborough in Wiltshire. Gary, who helped Eaux De Vie’s dam Delagoa Bay overcome her aversion to starting stalls enabling her to go on to win 5 races, and his son Craig are already working with our youngsters to get them ready to go into training with Sylvester Kirk in Lambourn around Christmas time. Some shares still available – to make a wonderful Christmas present!

After her last run Lafontaine now has a handicap mark from which we can expect her to give us a lot of fun in the coming months. She’s enjoyed a short break after 3 quick runs and trainer Sylvester Kirk says she’s continuing to grow and fill out and is looking absolutely fantastic. She’s shown plenty of promise and speed in her initial races and her riders have all said that she just needs to strengthen up to be able to carry through with her effort – she’s also been unlucky to encounter soft ground on her last couple of outings which  has made it tricky for her to see out the last of the 6 furlongs. We should have news of entries for her next run around the middle of next month.

This is our Swiss Spirit filly out of our multiple winning mare Delagoa Bay who’s growing well and really looking the part. She’ll be backed and ridden away this autumn when shares will become available for her first season in training with Sylvester Kirk in Lambourn. Swiss Spirit was a top class sprinter who we hope has added more speed to Delagoa Bay’s proven toughness and staying ability.

First season stallion Due Diligence, sire of our outstanding yearling colt Study The Stars (shown here) out of our multiple winning mare Celestial Bay, has got off to a flying start with a clutch of early winners including his first stakes winner Good Vibes propelling him to top of the table of Europe’s freshman sires. This bodes very well for his future as Due Diligence, trained by Aidan O’Brien, was a classy performer himself and rated above his own very successful sire War Front who is setting up something of a dynasty of high class performers across the USA and Europe. Due Diligence was a champion sprinter but Ed Harper, owner of Whitsbury Stud where he stands, suggests that he might well have proven to stay a mile had injury not cut his racing career so short. Goldmine, the pedigree research tool, rate the mating between Due Diligence and Celestial Bay as an ‘exceptional 20/20 match’ and believe that Study The Stars should be a 6 furlong performer at 2 and stay 10 furlongs as a 3-y-o and beyond. Our yearling will be backed and ridden away this autumn when shares will become available – you can register interest by emailing us at enquiries@homebredracing.co.uk