Victor Sheahan
@VictorSheahan
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Bloodstock writer and pedigree analyst. Unconventionally handsome, optimistic racehorse owner, pessimist in all other matters, Kerryman, pun lover, good egg
County Kerry, Ireland
Joined April 2012
If you want an impartial review of Coolmore's 2025 stud fees, you can read my analysis at https://t.co/LioHB9LY8d Retweets appreciated.
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The return of mares data showed almost 2800 mares covered by Coolmore’s 21 flat stallions in 2024 ranging from 4 for Magna Grecia to 273 for Calyx. The average number of mares covered by a Co…
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Reposting for folks who missed this..
My review of Coolmore’s 2026 roster — from No Nay Never to The Antarctic — is live. For the short attention span crowd, it includes Trump-style calls on winners & losers. RTs appreciated 👌
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My review of Coolmore’s 2026 roster — from No Nay Never to The Antarctic — is live. For the short attention span crowd, it includes Trump-style calls on winners & losers. RTs appreciated 👌
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The loss of Wootton Bassett will be keenly felt at Coolmore. Without him they lack a proper elite sire in Europe. It is still a formidable roster but Europe’s top sires are no longer concentrated i…
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You can read my detailed review of Tally Ho's roster for 2026 at https://t.co/6eYXMDkRqO. Mehmas, Starman, Kodiac, Good Guess, King of Steel, Charlie Maranoa, Big Evs and Persian Force all put under the spotlight. Retweets appreciated.
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Tally-Ho Stud in Westmeath has emerged from the pack to become the third-largest operator in the Irish flat stallion market, sitting just behind industry giants Coolmore and Darley. In 2026, the fa…
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2025 European First Season Sires Our research report on how the First Season Sires in Europe stacked up in 2025. Available on the Substack now - link in bio or below.
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People bemoaning Economics being a bleeder forget that if he’d raced in the USA, Lasix would’ve covered it up. Founding sire Bartlett’s Childers was also known as Bleeding Childers. We should follow German rules on soundness for sires- instead economics give us Economics.
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We’ve got 50 Flexi Listowel Harvest Festival Tickets up for grabs - use them ANY day of the festival! 👉 To enter RETWEET this post before midnight tonight (22/9). 🎟️ Winners will be chosen at random and contacted tomorrow morning. Don’t miss your chance - good luck! 🍀
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Palace Pier is for me the standout of the first season sires. Nothing wrong with Starman's start, but he has huge numbers and I expect the Palace Pier's will be better at three and they won't have the same stamina restrictions. 2026 could be a smart time to use him.
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Havana Grey is an incredible sire. His current 2 year olds were bred for just £6000 and are from his 4th crop which is usually a sires weakest book. From 120 current juveniles, he already has had 41 runners and 16 winners. From 80 starts, they were in the first 3 on 47 occasions.
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If connections of She's Perfect appeal today's stewards decision, they should show the video of Circus Maximus and Romanised in the Prix Moulin. Stewards didn't reverse placings then and distance was also a nose -Alas, stewards side with big owners.
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Dylan Phelan placed a €30 ew double on 2 horses which both won & @Ladbrokes are refusing to pay the winnings of €300k @BarOneRacing @BoyleSports @paddypower all paid Dylan on smaller winning bets but @Ladbrokes refuse too a year on & are not willing to communicate with Dylan
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You can read my candid review of Darley's Irish sires featuring Night of Thunder, Blue Point, Teofilo, Ghaiyyath, Space Blues, Native Trail, Earthlight, Naval Crown and Raven's Pass at https://t.co/agZOCJguoW . Retweets appreciated.
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Darley now have 22 sires on their flat roster across the UK, Ireland and France. The Irish roster for 2025 comprises the same nine sires who covered 1123 mares in 2024. This is an average of 125 ma…
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Michael Healy Rae is surely a perfect fit for a role involving CAP reform in the Department of Agriculture😃#MichaelHealyRae
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Why Mark Holder and thousands of punters misuse racing stats Mark Holder in the @racingpost says "Most racing statistics are a total waste of time for punters" I would tend to agree, but not in the same way as Holder is implying. It seems that Holder is saying that stats are a
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I will be cheering for Wintertraum in the German Derby . Great to see a pedigree that is very different and distinctively German- no Northern Dancer or Mr Prospector on the top line, a single strain of Northern Dancer via Lyphard on the bottom half. We need these outcrosses.
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Mehmas is likely to set a record for two year old winners this season and he should eclipse Kodiac's 61 winners in 2017. Mehmas currently has 13 winners. The achievement is slightly diluted when you consider that he has 232 two year old's this season🫣
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Auguste Rodin's stud fee for 2025 is dropping 10k with each run this season...
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Ballydoyle are producing novel excuses for some recent flops. In a similar vein, below are Chat GPT's suggestions for offbeat excuses for a disappointing run....
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The 1984 Gladness Stakes saw El Gran Senor defeat Sadler's Wells. Fertility issues hindered El Gran Senor but he sired 53 Stakes winners from 415 foals, an impressive 13%. That was the same % of stakes winners as Sadler's achieved in his stellar career (from 2259 foals).
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Gladness Stakes tomorrow- The 1970 edition featured two very different champion sires with Nijinsky beating multiple champion NH sire Deep Run into second. Back in third was Prince Tenderfoot who also had a decent stud career...1/2
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