Tweenhills Five To Follow for 2025

Racing Analyst Adam Brookes discusses a quintet of horses with connections to Tweenhills who we cannot wait to see on the racecourse this year. 

It will be no surprise that we start with our homebred Gr.1 winner of 2024, New Century, from the first crop of our dual Gr.1-winning stallion Kameko. 

When New Century won the Listed Stonehenge Stakes last August he beat Luther, who won a Listed race next time. When New Century won the Gr.1 Summer Stakes in September he beat Al Qudra, who won the Gr.2 Al Rayyan Mile last month. 

New Century ran a stormer from a wide draw when in the frame in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf and he’s firmly on course for the 2000 Guineas on May 3. He’s also bred to relish the step up to 10f when the time comes.

We are also naturally very eager to see the debut of New Century’s 2yo full brother, who was purchased from Tweenhills by Godolphin for 1,000,000gns at the Tattersalls Book 2 Yearling Sale. 

Another top-class racehorse bred at Tweenhills in recent years is Running Lion. She took her form to another level in 2024 when winning the Gr.2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot and, after almost 3 months off, finishing a close 2^nd in the Gr.1. A wonderfully versatile racemare, she returns to the track in 2025 with the hope of winning at the highest level. 

Flight had the misfortune of bumping into the current 1000 Guineas favourite Desert Flower not once but twice in her first season in 2024. Flight still showed very smart form in her own right as she won her maiden by 4 lengths and was placed in the Gr.2 May Hill Stakes and Gr.3 Oh So Sharp Stakes. 

Flight has inherited the imposing physique of her dam, Run Wild, who returned a much improved 3yo when winning the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes. Let’s hope Flight – another born, raised and grazed at Tweenhills – can follow suit when she reappears in a Guineas trial. 

Another mare who won a Listed race as a racehorse was Ship of Dreams – currently in foal to Kameko at Tweenhills – and her son Wolfpack showed lots of ability when runner-up at Southwell on his debut in November. The winner has improved again since and Wolfpack looks an exciting 3yo for this season. 

Finally, here’s an unraced Kameko homebred to follow. The mare Dulkashe was purchased by David Redvers Bloodstock on behalf of Qatar Racing for 525,000gns in 2020 with the purpose of sending her to Kameko, who retired to stud that year. 

The resulting progeny is Jackknife, who has now turned 3 and is in training with Roger Varian. A stunning half-brother to Gr.1 Coronation Cup winner Defoe, Jackknife will hopefully prove worth the wait.