THE NEW HORSES #12: GLINT MOMENT 
This is an interesting little fella, based at the Hatsuki Stable at Ritto TC, boasting sprint specialist and Japan Hall of Fame horse Taiki Shuttle as his father, and Glint Week as his mother. He has a truly fascinating mix of ancestry, bringing together the best of French, British (via Canada), American and Japanese blood to the table.

Courtesy Carrot Club

Taiki Shuttle won all manner of sprint races in Japan, and is by the unbeaten Devil's Bag - a combination of fiery Halo (Hail To Reason) DNA, and that of Herbager, who won the French Derby. As it happens, this is a Halo cross (3Sx4D), and Herbager also appears on both sides of Glint Moment's family tree, as does Nijinsky. A large part of the latter's blood comes from Welsh Muffin, Taiki Shuttle's dam, and the grandma of Quick Bread, who's also in the Long family line-up.

Glint Week was sired by Special Week, who we wrote about the other day when talking about Irish Harp, while the female line brings Blushing Groom (winner of the French 2000 Guineas for HH the Aga Khan) and Prince Khalid Abdullah's famous horse, Danehill, into the equation.