Danielle's Journey

Courtesy Realta HRC

Danielle's Journey is an exciting little filly born in 2010, and fielded by a brand new syndicate - the Realta Horse Racing Club in Ireland, which is focusing on National Hunt racing. This guarantees me having secured the jumper I've been after for a long time, especially having the highly-experienced Stuart Crawford at Newlands Farm as the trainer.

Danielle's Journey was sired by Presenting, who has a reputation for producing excellent National Hunt offspring, including Denman and War Of Attrition. Presenting was a handy racer himself, winning six flat races, and boasting Mtoto as his sire - a Donatello (by Blenheim) cross that won the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Coral Eclipse Stakes. Presenting's damsire, Persian Bold, picked up a 6-3-1 record from 16 starts, and brings a good mix of classic English blood into the equation.

Harringay, the Henrietta Knight-trained 

dam, was a good racer in her day, and comes with strong National Hunt bloodlines. Her sire was Sir Harry Lewis, winner of the Irish Derby, who continued the DNA of Alleged. As we can see, the blood is right, the enthusiastic team is right. Now all we can do is wait and see how she does on the track...