‘We like to find early two-year-olds who keep going’

to Italian 1,000 Guineas third Memo De L’Alguer, actually has another significant upgrade to his page thanks to the summer meeting at Deauville, as his dam Moment Of Truth is a half-sister to Damask, the dam of narrowly beaten Prix Maurice de Gheest second Spycatcher.

“He belongs to a good friend of ours, Sandra Russell, who didn’t sell him as a foal, as he was just a bit overgrown, and sent him to us to prep instead,” says Mark Flannery, who runs Egmont Stud with sister Paula and wife Jess.

“We’ve had him for about the last two months, and he’s done really well. He’s a big, goodmoving horse with lots of size and scope, and a great mind on him; he’s just straightforward.

“Dandy Man is your typical solid Donny sire, he produces the goods on the track year after year, and it’s a great pedigree that goes back to Reprocolor.

“The update from his halfsister should help him big time, and it could get even better as she’s going for the Prix de l’Opera on Arc weekend.”

The son of Dandy Man is one of four yearlings being sent from Egmont Stud to Doncaster this year, along with two other colts by Far Above and Kodi Bear, and a filly by Invincible Spirit.

The Far Above colt (335) is out of the winning Kheleyf mare California Tee. His page features his fifth dam, which could lead you to believe his pedigree is a little light, but scratch the surface and you’ll find that the dam received high ratings for winning decent sprint races in France at two and three, and that she is a half-sister to several more smart performers who didn’t quite get black type, including the 93-rated Tiger Jim.

“Yes, there are plenty of good winners in this pedigree,” says Flannery. “They probably didn’t get to the bottom of California Tee, but she was precocious and held in high regard.

“Far Above is an interesting sire prospect, as he was a very quick horse with a lot of ability, and his sire Farhh has done really well with limited numbers.

“I certainly like this colt by