Spearmint had a special relationship with Pretty Polly that we discussed some time ago. One thing we did not mention was the sons that he had from daughters of that great mare that was also at the estate of Major Loder.
Spike Island was born in 1919 by Spearmint out of a daughter of Pretty Polly in Molly Desmond by Desmond. He won the Irish Two Thousand Guineas and the Irish Derby and was to prove
