We Are

In Clover, the dam of four Group 1 winners for her owner-breeder George Strawbridge, has died at the age of 23. The outstanding producer, herself the winner of the G3 Prix de Flore, was a daughter of Inchinor and the Bellypha mare Bellarida. Strawbridge bought her dam from the Wertheimer brothers in 1997 and they would later buy back into the family when purchasing In Clover's daughter Incahoots as a three-year-old. Strawbridge will not have regretted his original outlay, for In Clover alone has been responsible for the top-level winners...

18.30 Kempton, £6,800, Mdn, 2yo, f, 8f (AWT) George Strawbridge's homebred FRIENDLY SOUL (GB) (Kingman {GB}), one of two nominees from the John and Thady Gosden stable, is a half-sister to six stakes performers headed by elite-level winners We Are (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), With You (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and Call The Wind (GB) (Frankel {GB}). She was scratched from her intended debut at Lingfield earlier this month, having become distressed in the stalls during the loading process, and faces one dozen rivals here. Opposition includes Roger Varian trainee Lightning Touch...