An audience with Herself

Very unlike me to write two blogs in two days so I'll keep this short but I can't resist the equine name-dropping potential of having Ouija Board on the site.

I truly can't think of a horse I've enjoyed seeing race more than this great mare so it was an enormous privilege to meet her on Friday morning, a little stockier than in her racing days (but aren't we all?) and slightly woolly (ditto) but still with an unmistakeably regal air about her and rightly so. Her first foal, by Kingmambo, is due in January.

The occasion was an assignment for Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder magazine. Sadly I was a few days early for Notnowcato's arrival at Stanley House Stud but I hope to return to photograph him when he's happily ensconced in Hyperion's old box (and indeed that of his own sire Inchinor).

Peter Stanley and stud groom Pat Cronin were extremely hospitable, with Peter grabbing my camera to record the moment of my little chat with the equine superstar. A memory I will cherish.