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Royal Velvet

11 May 2026

Velvet smooth in giving Spear Gr.3 success

There can’t be any more likeable racehorses in training than Royal Velvet – and Susie Hartley’s homebred by Lightning Spear is now a Gr. 3 winner after taking the Chartwell Fillies’ Stakes at Lingfield on Saturday.It was only a few weeks ago that we ...
Royal Velvet1

17 Apr 2026

Lightning filly strikes for eighth time

When owner-breeder Susie Hartley made the decision to send her winning Epaulette mare Velvet Morn to Lightning Spear she surely didn’t dream that the resulting offspring would be so successful. Their daughter Royal Velvet won her eighth race from 20 ...
Kameko team

06 Nov 2025

Tweenhills announce 2026 stallion fees

Tweenhills has announced its stallion fees for 2026 with Gr.1-producing sire Kameko to stand at £15,000 (Oct 1st SLF) and his fellow Gr.1 winner Lightning Spear at £3,000 (Oct 1st SLF).The fastest 2,000 Guineas winner in history, Kameko is the sire o ...
Lightning Spear and Tom

22 Aug 2025

Spear filly hits target for seventh time

Spear filly hits target for seventh time Lightning Spear’s daughter Royal Velvet recorded the seventh victory of her career in a heritage handicap at York yesterday. What an advert she has been for her sire, who stands at Tweenhills alongside Kameko. ...
Royal Velvet

21 Jul 2025

Velvet secures sixth smooth success for Spear

Lightning Spear’s stunning daughter Royal Velvet recorded an incredible sixth win on July 12 when landing a 0-100 handicap at Newmarket for trainer William Knight, jockey William Buick and owner-breeder Mrs Susie Hartley.Royal Velvet has been an amaz ...
Ls News Blank

17 Oct 2024

Impressive 2yo filly winner for Lightning Spear

Lightning Spear’s juvenile daughter Carthweel had a real spring in her step when an all-the-way winner at Kempton on Wednesday evening for trainer Dylan Cunha and jockey Rhys Clutterbuck. After being sent off 4/1 over 5f for her debut – and showing a ...