It had to be! Willie Mullins’ Minella Cocooner takes the last big race of the season, the Bet365 Gold Cup, just pegging back the brave front running Annual Invictus in the final strides.
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Willie Mullins - flanked by other Willie Mullins! - celebrates his Champion Trainers title at Sandown Park today.
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Jonbon caps a fantastic season for JP McManus when taking the Celebration Chase for the second year in a row at Sandown today
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Congratulations to JP McManus who collects his 17th Champion Owner award at the end of season celebration at @sandownparkracecourse today. I Am Maximus in the Grand National and fiver winners at the Cheltenham Festival contributed to the total.
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This month’s Breeder of the Month is Clarendon Stud who will receive a complimentary HorseLight Original ‘blue light’ and a complimentary light design for a yard of their choice in the UK: theownerbreeder.com/stories/breede…

'We were hugely oversubscribed. Ultimately, the average purchase price of the horses is six per cent higher than last year” Hopes high ahead of today’s Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale theownerbreeder.com/stories/breeze…

“Everything is done with the trainer in mind – all they have to do is take them home, feed them and run them!”

Ahead of today’s Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale, read more about Bansha House Stables - source of numerous top-class breezers
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'Keep the horse at the heart of what you are doing'

Nancy Sexton caught up with recent Thoroughbred Industry Employee of the Year winner David Porter-Mackrell, who also scooped the Stud Staff Award on the evening - Newsells' third winner of the award. theownerbreeder.com/columns/keep-t…

With sons of Kitten’s Joy starting to gain traction at stud, the legacy of Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s much-missed stallion looks assured says Nancy Sexton

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‘Oscar Performance is now rewarding his supporters Mill Ridge Farm with a series of smart winners. Then there is Airdrie Stud Divisidero, another tough customer who is already a multiple stakes-producing sire’

The future looks bright for Kitten's sire line theownerbreeder.com/columns/sexton…

With the sons of Kitten's Joy starting to gain traction at stud, the legacy of Ken and Sarah Ramsey's much-missed stallion looks assured. Nancy Sexton takes a look at the emerging sire line:

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'It's quite revealing that 67% of his stakes winners are two-year-olds'

Find out which stallion's these enviable juvenile statistics belong to as John Boyce puts two-year-old sprinting sires under the microscope: theownerbreeder.com/columns/dr-sta…

‘The one that looks sure to climb to the very top in due course is Coolmore No Nay Never’

John Boyce puts two-year-old sprinting sires under the microscope

Dr Statz - speed is of the essence theownerbreeder.com/columns/dr-sta…

Strong future beckons for MEHMAS!

‘Large crops brimming full of quality’ says Dr Statz The Owner Breeder

Dr Statz - speed is of the essence #Mehmas theownerbreeder.com/columns/dr-sta…

'It’s become a very important part of our market. There seems to be plenty of people looking to buy in the £40,000 – £100,000 range”

The breeze-up community have been busy capitalising on the growing interest in breezers from the Middle East. Read more theownerbreeder.com/stories/breeze…

🗣️I want them to be racehorses, not two furlong wonder horses

ICYMI Nancy Sexton caught up with Bansha House Stables ahead of the breeze-up season in the April edition of Owner Breeder. Read more 👇theownerbreeder.com/stories/bullet…

“My Pinatubo colt looks very sharp”

“I’ve got a ripper of a Golden Horde colt”

“My Hello Youmzain has a brilliant attitude – if they all have his attitude, then they will be ok”

Find out which first-crop sires are impressing the breeze-up sector Breeze Up Sales theownerbreeder.com/stories/breeze…

‘When a sale produces two of the last three highest-rated juvenile colts in Britain and then also keeps producing Group 1 winners with such regularity, you have to sit up and take notice’

Hopes high ahead of breeze-up season. Read more 👇 theownerbreeder.com/stories/breeze…

‘Everything is done with the trainer in mind – all they have to do is take them home, feed them and run them!’

Nancy Sexton spoke to Bansha House Stables ahead of the breeze-up season, which starts this week with the Tattersalls Craven Sale theownerbreeder.com/stories/bullet…

It’s been a tough 12 months for the Marnane family but with the arrival of spring comes the breeze-up sales season and the prospect of another Teppal or Sands Of Mali to bring a smile to the face of the Bansha House team: theownerbreeder.com/stories/bullet…