14/10/2006
Just rewards for Pride in the Group 1 Champion Stakes

Listed win for the highly compatible Cartimandua. Another black type success for Brain owner/breeders.
Cartimandua showed a clean pair of heals to a Listed field of predominantly older, more experienced horses. Bred by her owner Mrs Fiona Williams, Cartimandua is the product of the highly recommended mating between Medicean and Fiona's home bred mare Agrippina. Cartimandua won the 6 furlong Listed sprint by 4 lengths, going away. Last month, her 4 yr old half sister Terentia , another strongly recommended home bred mating by Diktat, won a 16 runner 0-100 five furlong handicap from Corridor Creeper at York, further emphasising the success that arranging compatible matings fosters.

14/06/2007
Listed win for the highly compatible Cartimandua

Just rewards for Pride in the Group 1 Champion Stakes at Newmarket. Yet another Group 1 success for Brain clients.
Pride romped home by over 3 lengths in this 10 furlong event, more than confirming her Arc De Triomphe form. (please see below).

01/10/2006
Arc second for Pride at Longchamp

Arc second for Pride at Longchamp, while Reverence take second in the Prix DeL'Abbaye.
Pride finished strongly behind Rail Link and may have been unlucky, unable to make her run until too late. Pride is the product of a mating with Peintre Celebre we identified as highly compatible, rating 138 for owner/breeder Sven Hanson in 1999 when we analysed his mare Specificity. Reverence had to overcome a poor draw, but ended a highly productive season on a strong note.

02/09/2006
Reverence wins Group 1 Haydock Sprint

Reverence made it two major Group 1 wins in less than a fortnight for owner-breeders Gary and Lesley Middlebrook when he ran out a most convincing winner of arguably Europe's top 6 furlong sprint. He was always to the fore and easily held off the strong challenge of Quito in second place.

Reverence wins Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York for owner-breeders Gary and Lesley Middlebrook
Reverence ran out an emphatic winner of this highly competitive 5 furlong sprint. and looks destined for further Group 1 glories later in the season. Winner of the Group 2 Temple Stakes at Sandown earlier in the season, Reverence is the product of a mating we identified as highly compatible when we analyses the pedigree of dam Imperial Bailiwick, with the then unfashionable stallion Mark Of Esteem rating 145.