That'll Do Moss
That’ll Do Moss is a hugely exciting daughter of Black Sam Bellamy, based with Gr.1-winning NH trainer Fergal O’Brien at his Ravenswell Farm yard in the heart of the Cotswolds.
She is a half-sister to the 135-rated dual hurdles winner Ballymillsy, the chase and hurdles winner Midnight Moss and the Sedgefield novice hurdle winner Miss Tara Moss. Their dam, Brackenmoss, is a half-sister to the Gr.3-winning Irish hurdler Barnahash Rose (dam of the promising Barnahash Primrose), the Gr.2 River Don Novices’ Hurdle third Ask The Gatherer, plus the dam of the Gr.2 Rendlesham Hurdle winner Donna’s Diamond.
Furthermore, the extended family includes Willie Mullins’s dual Gr.1-winning novice chaser Cooldine and the Gr.1 bumper scorer and Gr.3-winning hurdler Blow By Blow, who also landed the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
Adding to the appeal of That’ll Do Moss is the identity of her sire. Black Sam Bellamy was a Gr.1-winning full-brother to the incomparable Galileo and carved out a superb reputation as a NH sire prior to his untimely death in 2018, producing the Gr.1 Long Walk Hurdle winner Sam Spinner and the multiple Gr.1-winning French hurdler Galop Marin, amongst others.
Black Sam Bellamy is also the broodmare sire of Reserve Tank, twice a Gr.1-winning novice hurdler, which suggests that a well-related individual such as That’ll Do Moss possesses residual value as a potential broodmare once her racing career has concluded.
Now a six-year-old, That’ll Do Moss impressively won a Brocklesby Park point-to-point in February 2024 before moving to Fergal’s yard shortly afterwards. She made her debut under rules in a bumper at Uttoxeter in mid-June, coming from last to first to win by four lengths and marking herself down as a very smart prospect.
She was pitched into a Listed bumper at Cheltenham in November on her second start, travelling smoothly under a patient ride and staying on well to post a highly creditable midfield finish. That performance did nothing to alter our view of That’ll Do Moss as a high-class hurdling prospect. She is set to test that theory at Plumpton early in the new year, and whatever she achieves there, we know she has plenty more improvement to come.
We can’t wait to see what the future holds for this fantastic prospect.