Fan favorite twin Champion Hurdle winner Honeysuckle has safely delivered her first foal.
The filly, via Stroll In The Park, was once born at 11.30pm on Just right Friday (29 March), and mare and foal are each reported to be “doing smartly”.
Peter Molony, racing supervisor to Honeysuckle’s proprietor Kenny Alexander, shared pictures of “little Honey” on X (previously Twitter).
He mentioned he had a “pretty welcome” on arriving to consult with the pair at stud in Scotland, in conjunction with candy photos of the foal.
Honeysuckle bowed out after successful the Mares’ Hurdle on the 2023 Cheltenham Competition, her thirteenth Grade One victory. It was once her fourth consecutive Cheltenham Competition luck and her seventeenth win from 19 begins in a glittering profession, which featured back-to-back Champion Hurdle victories in 2021 and 2022 and greater than £1.4m in prize cash.
The British-bred mare, educated via Henry de Bromhead, was once partnered via jockey Rachael Blackmore in each and every get started below Regulations. Within the two races she was once crushed, she nonetheless by no means completed not up to 3rd.
Honeysuckle (nearside), on her technique to victory in her ultimate race on the 2023 Cheltenham Competition. Credit score: Alamy.
Honeysuckle, who’s via Sulamani and out of Lando mare First Royal, was once bred at Glanvilles Stud in Dorset, which is administered via Geoffrey Man – additionally a big tournament horse proprietor/breeder and supporter of the equine international – and Doug and Lucy Proctor.
She is reportedly anticipated to consult with Blue Bresil, sire of 2023 Champion Hurdle hero Charter Hill, later this 12 months.
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