space voyage

Space Voyage is an eight-year-old daughter of Kayf Tara with five wins under her belt and plenty more to look forward to.

One of several winners produced by Maiden Voyage, a winning half-sister to the 2016 Grand National winner Rule The World, she is going to make a brilliant broodmare when the time comes. 

Based with dual Gr.1-winning trainer Olly Murphy at his Warren Chase Stables in Wilmcote, near Stratford Upon Avon, she was purchased by Deva Racing from Olly’s father, renowned bloodstock agent Aiden Murphy, after winning a Market Rasen bumper in June 2022. Despite looking green during the race, Space Voyage finished strongly to beat the previous winner Victory Club and subsequent winner Mactavish by a length and a quarter and 13 lengths. 

As a British-bred, she qualifies for the lucrative Great British Bonus Scheme, meaning she can earn up to £20,000 on top of her allocated prizemoney if winning an eligible race. She secured the first of those bonuses in her bumper, then was brilliantly placed by Olly to win three more bonus races over hurdles in the spring of 2023. 

Following a promising fourth on her hurdling debut at Newbury, she cruised to a 17-length success on her second start over 2m3½f at Lingfield (beating the subsequently 130-rated Spring Note), before adding further wins at Huntingdon and Ludlow, stepping up to 2m5f on the latter occasion.

There was great excitement ahead of Space Voyage going novice chasing during the 2023/24 season. Unfortunately, a wind issue was discovered when she finished out of the frame on her chasing debut at Worcester, so she returned to hurdles shortly afterwards. She confirmed she retains all her ability when third in a Class 2 handicap hurdle at Wincanton in November 2023 and rounded out last season by winning a 2m4f handicap hurdle at Perth.

Space Voyage begins 2025 with an official rating of 115 (2lbs below her most recent winning mark), and we are confident that she can continue to pay her way over hurdles. She still has the option of trying fences again in the future. She means an awful lot to the whole Deva Racing team.

Olly Murphy says: “Space Voyage has been an absolute star for Deva thus far, she looks extremely progressive. I think she will be a gorgeous mare to jump fences with and she is one we are all really excited about.”