capri x niamhs way

This attractive and athletic unraced three-year-old is a son of the Gr.1 St Leger winner Capri and out of the unraced Presenting mare Niamh’s Away. He looks like a top-class NH prospect.

A March 2021 foal, he is a half-brother to the former Deva Racing-owned Grange Road (by Oscar), a 128-rated hurdler who made a winning debut under rules when trained by Paul Nicholls. Niamh’s Away has also produced the Irish point-to-point winner Thegingrin (Milan), who realised £115,000 when selling to Gordon Elliott, and the sadly ill-fated More Than A Memory (Milan), who was runner-up to the Gr.2 winner Dysart Dynamo (Westerner) in a Clonmel bumper. 

Niamh’s Away is a full-sister to Presence Of Mind, who was a black-type-winner over hurdles in the US, and a half-sister to two further winners, including the smart hurdler Will Do (Walk In The Park). Her dam is a half-sister to the four-time Gr.1-winning chaser Albertas Run (Accordion) and from the wider family of the Gr.1 Aintree Hurdle winner Mister Morose (King’s Ride). 

Aside from the Capri three-year-old, her young stock includes an unraced four-year-old son of the soon to be crowned Champion NH sire Walk In The Park named The Green Park, who made €70,000 at last year’s Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale, and two-year-old and yearling colts by the same sire. She remains an outstanding broodmare prospect.

Capri won the Gr.1 Irish Derby, beating Cracksman (Frankel) and Wings Of Eagles (Pour Moi), and the St Leger, beating Crystal Ocean (Sea The Stars) and Stradivarius (Sea The Stars), when trained by Aidan O’Brien and currently stands at Willow Wood Farm in Cheshire. 

As a strong staying, dual Classic-winning son of the incomparable Galileo, and a full-brother to the Gr.3 and Cheltenham Festival-winning hurdler Brazil, he boasts outstanding prospects as a NH stallion. His first runners are yet to hit the track, but his progeny have already sold for up to €62,000 at public auction.