Qitaal

“We trained Qitaal as a two-year-old but sadly at the time Shadwell were cutting back and sold all of our horses. I made as strong a case as I could that this was one they didn't want to be letting go of and when Robert Ng bought him I contacted them and asked if there was any chance this horse could stay with us. We think a lot of him. He went to Ireland and was only seen once in two years and when I saw his name in the Tattersalls August catalogue I thought I had to see him. He was a bit of a shell of the horse who left us but when he was making 4,000gns I couldn't leave him behind so I bought him back and threw him to the field for the rest of last year. We've been bringing him back this spring, his work had been good and that wasn't a surprise, although I worried the ground might find him out after two years off. He's a horse we liked three years ago and now he's finally fulfilling that potential - Charlie Johnston, trainer.”