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Future looking bright for Harron’s team of youngsters
James Harron and his backers don’t have another stallion on their hands just yet, but the partnership’s current cohort of two-year-olds as a group might just be their strongest yet – and certainly since 2019-20 when King’s Legacy (Redoute’s Choice) won two Group 1s as a juvenile. Highness made it three stakes winners for Harron... Read More
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