It most certainly was. Thrillingly, Bluestocking, Beckett’s pride and joy, had galloped relentlessly up Longchamp’s rain-sodden straight, answering jockey Rossa Ryan’s every call and ...

Jane Calvert Duncanson was born in the Parish of Inverkeithing on May 13, 1854, the first of the seven children of Thomas Duncanson, a mason and master builder, and his wife Elizabeth Milburn from ...

A last-out winner of the Qatar Prix Vermeille (G1) over Aventure in September, Juddmonte's homebred filly Bluestocking ...

Bluestocking repaid the faith shown in her by connections as she soared to victory in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Trained by Ralph Beckett for owner-breeders Juddmonte, the filly was ...