Speed king Kyllachy's juveniles shine during St Leger meeting

The 19-year-old Kyllachy may have been pensioned from covering duties by Cheveley Park Stud, but results from two of the juvenile contests during this week's St Leger meeting highlight that his progeny still have plenty more to offer.

His first noteworthy blow was landed when the Owen Burrows-trained colt Shabaaby, a 270,000gns Book 2 yearling, demolished a four-runner conditions race by no less than seven lengths on Wednesday.

With such a paucity of opposition the form may look a little difficult to weigh up, but having required no more than hand riding to put daylight between himself and the rest, Shabaaby looks full value for his Racing Post Rating of 107 - the highest recorded this season by a juvenile yet to contest a Pattern race.

The half-brother to five winners, including the mud-loving Listed scorer Aetna, and son of the Hilary Needler Trophy winner On The Brink holds no fancy entries at this stage. However, his trainer's assertion that "he is still a shell of a horse and is one to look forward to for next season" marks him out as a Pattern winner in waiting.

If Shabaaby is one to look forward to, one very much for the here and now is Heartache, who landed her second Group 2 of the campaign with a convincing success over the hardy Havana Grey in the Flying Childers Stakes on Friday.

The Whitsbury Manor Stud-bred filly has now won three of her four starts, with her only defeat coming at the hands of subsequent Group 1 winner Unfortunately, when reportedly suffering an injury in the Prix Robert Papin.

Heartache hails from a fast family, with her dam, Place In My Heart, the winner of a 5f Listed event and the likes of the sprint scene stalwart Stepper Point appearing further back on the page.

In winning Friday's event, she became the first filly since to land the Flying Childers since 2009, when victory went the way of Sand Vixen, whose son Dream Castle, by Frankel, finished fifth in this year's 2,000 Guineas and Jersey Stakes.

Wherever Heartache heads next, with the Cheveley Park Stakes the immediate plan and the Commonwealth Cup a longer-term option, she will nevertheless be a valuable addition to the Whitsbury Manor broodmare band further down the line.

So Kyllachy may be out in the Cheveley Park paddocks enjoying his well-earned retirement, but his sons and daughters are busy ensuring that his name won't be out of the headlines for a good while yet.