Godolphin and Coolmore had to spend big to battle the new superpowers - here's the latest on their £75 million of young talent
Peter Scargill looks into how the valuable two-year-olds bought by the two heavyweight operations are shaping up
If there is one thing the Classics in Britain, Ireland, France and the US have told us this year it is how powerful the biggest owner-breeder operations remain.
Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin dominated Guineas weekend at Newmarket and won two legs of the US Triple Crown; Coolmore won all three Group 1s at Epsom, the Irish 1,000 Guineas and Poule d’Essai des Poulains, while Juddmonte and the Aga Khan Studs have also claimed Classics.
This is what Kia Joorabchian pointed to when explaining why Amo Racing – supported by the wealth of people like Sheikh Joaan Al Thani and Anthony Ramsden – went on a mega £62 million spending splurge over the last 18 months: to disrupt the big players you need the best raw material.
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