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DREAM CONCLUSION TO FEBRUARY SALEThe Tattersalls February Sale, being held over two days for the first time, saw records across the board as it concluded yesterday evening. The robust trade continued from where it left off on Thursday with a remarkable 94% clearance rate sending turnover past two million guineas for the second consecutive day. The turnover for the sale of 5,710,200 guineas was more than double the previous February Sale record set last year, whilst the average and median of 16,944 guineas and 8,000 guineas were both records for the sale, up 56% and 60% on last year’s corresponding sale.
Top honours on the day went to the Oasis Dream filly Dream Waltz, who was sold for 105,000gns. Interest came from every angle of the ring, with Paul Messara of Arrowfield Stud standing with Tom Pritchard-Gordon in the bidders’ area to the left of the rostrum, Barry Lynch of Lillingston Bloodstock bidding to the right of the exit doors and Tattersalls Director Jimmy George was bidding on the telephone from the seats. The final nod went to George, who confirmed he was taking instructions from the
Broadhurst Agency on behalf of Australian owner and breeder Peter Maher, and he said: “Peter Maher raced her dam Valentine Waltz. He loves the family and took the opportunity to buy back into a family he knows well. She will be shipped to Australia and I expect will go to the breeding shed.”
Owned and bred by George Strawbridge, she ran twice for John Gosden, whose Clarehaven Stables consigned her as Lot 387. She is a half-sister to the Listed Oaks Trial scorer and multiple Gr.3-placed Dyna Waltz (Dynaformer) and her dam Valentine Waltz won the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, while she was also placed
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Destined for Australia is yesterday’s sale highlight, Lot 387, the three-year-old Dream Waltz (Oasis Dream), who sold to Broadhurst Agency for 105,000gns. © Tattersalls
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Menzies recently moved to a new yard and has been firing in the winners since, the latest coming as Creighton signed the docket at Park Paddocks, as she saddled Halcyon Days at Catterick to win the novices’ chase at 2.15pm.
The well-bred Marwa (Exceed And Excel) had a change of ownership, but will remain within the Rabbah Bloodstock organisation. She was offered as Lot 444 by Ed Dunlop, who trained her for Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah and she was knocked down for 80,000gns to Jono Mills of Rabbah Bloodstock for Saeed Manana, who was standing with the agent and trainer James
in the Gr.1 Coronation Stakes and Gr.1 1,000 Guineas. The further family includes the Champions Last Tycoon and Immortal Verse.
Shortly before, another offering from the Clarehaven draft also attacted plenty of interest as the high-class handicapper Von Blucher (Lot 382) realised 95,000gns, on a bid from Daniel Creighton of Salcey Forest Stud. He had seen off interest from Clive Cox and Chris Kellett to secure the 99-rated four-year-old son of Zoffany and said: “He has been bought for John Dance and he is going to Rebecca Menzies in the north as a dual purpose prospect. She is a good young trainer and deserves a good horse, so John is keen to support her.”
Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Mathieu Legars or Jason Walsh Tel: 353-52 6131298. David Magnier, Tom Gaffney,Joe Hernon or Cathal Murphy Tel: 353-25 31966. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) 44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.coolmore.com All stallions nominated to EBF.
Won the Gr.1 Epsom Derby (on his third start), Gr.2 Prix Foy (from Flintshire), Gr.3 Chester Vase (by 6 lengths) etc.
...Possessing an impeccable pedigree, Ruler Of The World(€8,000) shaped into a top-class colt with a comprehensive
victory in the 2013 Epsom Derby.A Galileo half-brother to five-time Group 1 winner and Classic
sire Duke Of Marmalade from the family of champion US
sire A.P. Indy, his first foals made up to €96,000and he covered a sizeable book of 94 mares last season.RACING POST, Breeding On A Budget, 1st Feb. 2017
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Lot Sex Name (Sire) Vendor Purchaser Price (gns) 387 3f DREAM WALTZ (Oasis Dream) Clarehaven Stables Broadhurst Agency 105,000 382 4c VON BLUCHER (Zoffany) Clarehaven Stables John Dance/Salcey Forest Stud 95,000 444 3f MARWA (Exceed And Excel) Ed Dunlop Racing Ltd Rabbah Bloodstock 80,000 359 3f DANDYMAN PORT (Dandy Man) Eoghan J O’Neill Andy Cosias 75,000 377 3c GEORGE BOOLE (Art Connoisseur) Highfort Stables Kerr & Co p/s60,000 386 3c VANTAGE POINT (Galileo) Clarehaven Stables Richard Frisby Bloodstock 60,000
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Tate. The team had seen off agents Cathy Grassick and Federico Barbarini to get the three-year-old and Mills said: “She is a beautifully-bred filly by Exceed And Excel and potentially she will race on.”
Bred by Litex Commerce, she was purchased here as a yearling for 250,000gns by John and Jake Warren. She is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Arkansas Derby winner and sire Sir Cherokee (Cherokee Run), the multiple Gr.2 winner and Gr.1 Go For Wand Handicap runner-up Miss Isella (Silver Charm) and the dual Listed scorer Guam Typhoon (Distorted Humor), as well as the Gr.3-placed Lady Linda (Torrential; dam of the Gr.1 Preis der Diana winner Penelopa).
Bringing good French form to the table, Dandyman Port (Lot 359) drew plenty of attention and will be heading to Ireland to join Tipperary-based trainer Des Donovan. Sitting in the seats to the left of the auctioneer with owner Andy Cosias, he went to 75,000gns to secure the three-year-old daughter of Dandy Man. Consigned by her trainer Eoghan O’Neill, who purchased her as a yearling, she won well on debut at Dieppe last June and was placed on her last two starts, each time behind Listed horses. O’Neill said: “She made a good price for the owners. I paid €17,000 for her as a yearling and she has won twenty thousand.”
Donovan said: “She will go back to Ireland, where hopefully she will get soft ground, with a bit of luck.”
Irish agent Bert Kerr, of Kerr and Co Ltd, was active during the day and picked up two of the choice lots, one inside the ring and one outside. He secured three-year-old George Boole (Art Connoisseur) privately for 60,000gns from John Murphy’s Highfort Stables and he went to 48,000gns for Flower Of Love (Lot 277).
Consigned as Lot 377, the entire three-year-old George Boole broke his maiden at Dundalk over seven furlongs in December and has been runner-up over a mile at the same venue twice since, gaining a rating of 80, and Kerr confirmed that he will be campaigned in Stakes races in central Europe.
It was a hundred lots earlier that he saw off Jamie Lloyd to secure the four-year-old Poet’s Voice filly Flower Of Love. Standing with the Champion Trainer from the Czech Republic, Frantisek Holcak, and owner Jiri Drag, he said: “She has been bought to go to the Czech Republic to race and long term to breed.”
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I have half a dozen two-year-olds by Dawn Approach. They have all impressed in everything they have done so far. Based on what I’ve seen, if I had to have a bet I would back Dawn Approach to be
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I view Dawn Approach as the best first-season sire prospect that I have encountered. As a European Champion two-year-old with impeccable conformation,
a cast-iron constitution and a great will to win,I believe he has what it takes. He excites me greatly.
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Andy Cosias, the successful purchaser of Lot 359, the Dandy Man filly Dandyman Port. Set to join Des Donovan in Ireland, she was bought for 75,000gns. © Tattersalls
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A dual winner last year over ten and a half to twelve furlongs for Simon Crisford, she is rated 81 and is a half-sister to the dual Listed scorer and Gr.3-placed Pelerin (Shamardal) and the Listed-placed Masarah (Cape Cross). They are out of the Listed Severals Stakes-placed Fragrancy (Singspiel) and the further family includes the Gr.1 Fillies’ Mile Stakes and Gr.1 Yellow Ribbon Stakes winner Hibaayeb.
Also consigned by Gosden’s Clarehaven Stables and coming in at 60,000gns was the three-year-old Galileo colt Vantage Point (Lot 386). The winner of a mile maiden at Southwell on his fifth start on the 30th January for Mrs F Hay, Mrs J Magnier, M Tabor and D Smith, he was knocked down to Richard Frisby Bloodstock. Frisby confirmed that he will stay in the UK for a Flat and then dual purpose campaign. Bred by Smithfield Inc, he is out of the Gr.1 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap and Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Adoration (Honor Grades).
Robin Sharp of Houghton Bloodstock purchased Kingston Kurrajong (Authorized) for Roger Kilby of Canisbay Bloodstock for 37,000gns. Consigned as Lot 373 by Andrew Balding’s Park House Stables, the gelded four-year-old is a two-time winner and is rated 89. Sharp said: “He is for a good fiend of mine, Roger Kilby of Canisbay Bloodstock, who is from Wimbledon and has a yard in Epsom. He is a nice sound horse and he goes on all three; good, soft and the all-weather.
“I bought Capricho for him, who won the Wokingham at Royal Ascot and I hope this will be a fun, sound horse for him.”
There was one daughter of Galileo on offer on the day and William Johnstone of Bellslea Stud, who also owns fifty per cent of Ayr Racecourse, secured the three-year-old for 48,000gns. Offered as Lot 388 as part of the popular Clarehaven draft, Lenoire was bred and raced, like the session-topper, by George Strawbridge, but was unplaced on three starts last year for Gosden. Johnstone did not confirm if she would race on, but said: “She is very well bred, but looks an immature three-year-old. I will put her out and give her time and we will see.” She is a half-sister to the multiple
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We are delighted with our Epaulettes. We have three, and they are
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I think he is very good, he looks a proper two-year-old. He is strong and powerful; he’s a lovely horse.
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Jiri Drag, who successfully bought Lot 277, Flower Of Love (Poet’s Voice) for 48,000gns. The filly is set to be campaigned in the Czech Republic before becoming a broodmare.
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“The obvious highlight of the sale was the 500,000 guineas paid for the outstanding race filly Easton Angel, another new record for this fixture, but the real feature of the sale has been the extraordinary depth to the trade in all sectors of the market and, as ever, the contribution made by overseas buyers from throughout Europe, the Gulf region, America and as far afield as Australia. More six-figure lots than ever before demonstrates the enduring global appeal of quality bloodstock, but it is equally important that sales of this nature attract buyers at all levels of the market and the sustained demand from start to finish has been just as gratifying as the individual highlights and the record returns.
“There is no doubt that the regular significant consignments from Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms and Shadwell play a major part in attracting such a diverse crowd of buyers and it is wonderful to see their confidence in Tattersalls so consistently rewarded. Equally pleasing has been the success of the Irish and French vendors who have supported the sale and we are delighted that our 251st year has made such a positive start.” Vikki Hancock
Listed winner and Gr.1 Racing Post Trophy-third Fencing (Street Cry), out of the Gr.1 Prix de Diane winner Latice (Inchinor), while the further family includes the Classic winner and sire Lawman.
At the conclusion of the sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented: “The Tattersalls February Sale has achieved phenomenal growth in recent years and the 2017 renewal has taken it to a new level. As recently as 2010, the turnover at the February Sale was less than a million guineas and the average price below 7,000 guineas. This year we extended the sale to two days for the first time and the turnover has soared to nearly six million guineas, more than double last year’s record level, the average has reached a new record of 16,944 guineas and even last year’s impressive clearance rate of 82% has jumped to 89%.
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TATTERSALLS FEBRUARY SALE CUMULATIVE STATISTICS (GNS)
2017 2016Catalogued 488 387Sold 377 306Sold 338 (90%) 251 (79%)Aggregate 5,710,200 +110 2,718,800Average 16,944 +56 10,832Median 8,000 +60 5,000
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And now for something completely differentThe first running of the Gr.1 Pegasus World Cup turned out
both far better and far worse than organizers could reasonably have hoped when plans were laid for the $12
million race early last year. It was far better because, against all odds, the two best dirt
horses in the world showed up for the race. And not only that, it was a rematch of a highly competitive and hugely exciting Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Classic that had occurred a little less than three months earlier. It was far worse because, sadly, only one of the protagonists remembered his lines.
After Juddmonte Farm’s Arrogate beat Taylor Made Farm’s and Perry Martin’s California Chrome in the Breeders’ Cup Classic last November it seemed highly unlikely that Arrogate would take on California Chrome again in the chesnut’s previously announced last race at Gulfstream Park. Why should he? Arrogate had already proven he was the better horse, and defeat could sully his reputation and his place in racing history.
That reasoning, however, did not fully take into account the sporting spirit of Juddmonte’s owner Prince Khalid Abdullah, nor the aggressive confidence of Arrogate’s Racing Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. Even when Arrogate’s training was interrupted by a wet winter at Santa Anita, causing him to miss his prep race, while California Chrome won contemptuously in his tuneup, Baffert persevered and, by his own description, was confident he had his horse “cherry ripe” on race day.
We will never know whether Baffert was right, even he said after the race that Arrogate got tired and needed the race. It didn’t matter. California Chrome was never travelling in the race and was a beaten horse fully a half-mile from the finish. He came out of his final start with fluid on a knee and slight lameness that probably indicates a chip that will be meaningless to his stud career that will begin in two weeks’ time at Taylor Made.
Perhaps the injury occurred in California Chrome’s first few frantic strides away from the gate. The two-time Horse of the Year had received the worst possible luck of the draw when he had drawn stall twelve in the twelve-horse field. In 18 previous cases of horses drawn twelve at nine furlongs since Gulfstream reconfigured its track, only one horse had won. That horse was Gr.1 Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown against a vastly inferior field in the 2008 Gr.1 Florida Derby.
Despite California Chrome’s misfortunes, the first Pegasus World Cup has to be counted a huge success. The marquee names
drew an announced crowd of 16,653 to Gulfstream Park in January, despite the fact that the track charged each patron $100 for entry into the premises and $20 for each car parked in the parking lot. Normally both entry and parking are free.
Those extravagant terms were all part of an impressive effort to market the Pegasus World Cup as a prestige event unlike any other in thoroughbred racing. With rich events like the Gr.1 Dubai World Cup, Royal Ascot, Breeders’ Cup, Gr.1 Prix de ‘Arc de Triomphe, Gr.1 Melbourne Cup, Hong Kong international races, and the Gr.1 Japan Cup well established as events that attract international fields and enormous international prestige, Frank Stronach and his team had to do something as different as possible to attract attention in the deadest month on the racing calendar.
He accomplished that through the unique terms of the race, the $1 million entry fee, the revenue sharing, and an inventive, humorous marketing campaign. The horse trading that occurred to get a representative field to the race provided plenty of copy for the racing press over the last month. Even Juddmonte had to buy Coolmore’s spot in order for Arrogate to start in the race.
Terms were not, of course, announced, and it will be interesting to find out how the revenue sharing works out for the twelve stake-holders who each invested $1 million for a chance to run in the race. That ultimately will determine whether the first Pegasus World Cup will be, if not the last, then one of only a few, or, conversely, it is a viable concept going forward.
In a sense, the Pegasus World Cup harked back to racing’s origins when English aristocrats pitted their fastest steeds one on one against their rivals, putting up their own stake money as the only prize. The first Pegasus World Cup was not completely different from that, nor from today’s run of the mill Stakes races where owners pay entry fees and the racing association puts up additional money.
In the end, it was still all about who had the fastest horse.
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It has been well documented that the last crop of four-time New Zealand Champion Sire O’Reilly are being offered this week, so it was a somewhat poignant moment when his last yearling left the ring. It was also fitting as Lot 1097, a smart bay from the draft of the Chittick family’s Waikato Stud at Matamata, departed as the top lot of the session for NZ$200,000, bound for the stables of local trainer Roger James. That NZ$200,000 would have the colt as the second dearest lot of the Select Sale.
The colt is the second foal of the Zabeel mare Toss Up, a maiden winner over 1600m at Matamata when trained by Graeme and Debbie Rogerson. Out of the Listed-placed Tale Of The Cat mare Heads Or Tales, herself a half-sister to Good Faith, winner of the Gr.1 Ellerslie Sires’ Produce Stakes, Toss Up comes from the family that gave us Daffodil, winner of a Gr.1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas and a Gr.1 Australian Oaks. Heads Or Tales and Daffodil’s dam, Spring, share the Shirley Heights mare Head Of The River as their dam. As for Toss Up, her first foal is an unraced three-year-old full-brother to yesterday’s top lot, named Super Tycoon, who resides in Singapore.
Post-sale James said of his new acquisition “There were only two colts I had earmarked as Derby types and he was at the top of that short list.”
Echoing the sentiments of many a local trainer this week, James commented on how difficult it has been to have pre-sale orders in place. “Because of the current situation with our domestic racing it’s been hard to attract owners and I’ve come with a significantly lower budget this year which has made it tough going.”
O’Reilly’s contribution to the local breed can not be overstated with Mark Chittick of Waikato Stud expressing how important the son of Last Tycoon was to his family’s farm. “O’Reilly’s responsible for where Waikato Stud stands in the market now and it’s a sad moment because he was part of the family. However, his legacy will continue on through his young stock, broodmares and his sire-sons with the likes of Shamexpress being leading first season sire at the Premier this year, and our own Sacred Falls, whose first yearlings will be sold next year.”
In a sale dominated by colts, two fillies have stood out. The first was Thursday’s Per Incanto, Grable filly, who would eventually top the Select Sale at NZ$300,000. The other was Lot 1065, a gorgeous grey filly out of Cambridge Stud, by Burgundy out of the Stravinsky mare Streaming. After some spirited bidding, it would be David Ellis of Te Akau Thoroughbreds that would win the battle, NZ$145,000 enough to see off the competition and for her to finish as the second dearest lot of the day.
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LAST SON OF O’REILLY TOPS SELECT YEARLING SALE DAY THREEThe three-day New Zealand Bloodstock Select Sale came to a close yesterday, and for plenty of vendors the end could not come quick enough, writes Glen Latham. Expectations leading into the week had been guarded, but in the end there would be disappointment, for while the international brigade were here to spend, the locals were not there to compete. The result saw more lots offered than 2016, but fewer sold, and declines in all the major indicators. The aggregate dropped 21.5% to NZ$20,679,500 taking the average south by 18% to finish at NZ$47,363, while the median, NZ$47,500 last year, remained constant at NZ$40,000 for the three days. The final clearance rate of 76% was the best it had been right through trading.
It is worth mentioning again that the 2016 Select Sale looks to have been the “perfect storm” that whipped prices up to unsustainable levels. By way of example, this year’s average and clearance were both slightly better than the 2015 numbers, and while one could have expected growth of at least a few per cent in the intervening period, it would have been unrealistic to imagine it could have kept pace with twelve months ago. Making adjustments for varying catalogue sizes, the aggregates for 2017 and 2015 were on a par while the median jumped from NZ$32,500 to NZ$40,000.
New Zealand Bloodstock Managing Director Andrew Seabrook laid the blame squarely with local economic conditions when he said “Our Flat domestic racing industry has had a disappointing effect on the Select Sale and the negative impact it is having is even more evident when looking at the Premier and Select sessions from this week combined. Over the past five days over NZ$6.5 million less has been spent by domestic buyers who have historically underpinned the middle market.”
The Select Sale also suffered slightly through the expansion of the preceding Premier Yearling Sale which pilfered twenty or so of what would have been, in years gone by, the better Select lots.
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Lot Sex Sire – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (NZ$) 1097 c O’REILLY – Toss Up Waikato Stud Mr R A James 200,000 1065 f BURGUNDY – Streaming Cambridge Stud Mr D C Ellis 145,000 1024 c SWISS ACE – Show Exhibit Westbury Stud Mr S Gray 135,000 1021 c EKRAAR – She’s Remarkable Henley Park Spicer Thoroughbreds 120,000 1102 c IFFRAAJ – Tsarina Belle Haunui Farm Tartan Meadow Bloodstock 115,000
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three spots on the day, the dearest of which was a NZ$120,000 son of the evergreen stallion Ekraar, who has done so well in New Zealand. The colt from Henley Park at Cambridge came with plenty of pedigree, his dam being the unraced Pentire mare She’s Remarkable, but out of Centaine’s outstanding daughter Arletty. A three-quarter sister to top filly Sixty Seconds, Arletty’s racetrack career included five Group and Listed wins, although her greatest achievement may be as a broodmare, as her daughter Axiom has excelled as a breeder. Axiom first foaled He’s Remarkable, a Gr.3 winner, who lost the Gr.1 Railway Stakes in the Perth Stewards’ Room in controversial circumstances. Axiom then followed up with the brilliant Xtravagant, who put in scintillating performances to win the Gr.1 New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas and the Gr.1 Waikato Draught Sprint. As both He’s Remarkable, and the soon to retire to Newhaven Park Stud in New South Wales Xtravagant, were by Pentire they are three-quarter-brothers to She’s Remarkable.
Sold as Lot 1021, the colt will race in Melbourne, having been secured by popular syndicator Brad Spicer.
Very late in proceedings, as Lot 1102 and four from the finish, Haunui Farm sent a son of Iffraaj into the ring for sale. He left a few minutes later with a NZ$115,000 price tag and is bound for Hong Kong, having been bought by bloodstock agent Paul Chow, operating as Tartan Meadow Bloodstock. The colt is out of Tsarina Belle, a winning daughter of Stravinsky, who was third in the Gr.1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas. Chow would be familiar with Tsarina Belle’s only foal to race, the Elusive Quality gelding Happy Index, who won five times in Hong Kong.
A Poet’s Voice colt (Lot 938) from Cambridge-based Monovale Farm rounded out that trio of European stallion-sired youngsters. This fellow made NZ$110,000 and is out of the three-time winning Danehill Dancer mare Perri Lou, a half-sister to the speedy Gr.2 winner Pembleton. She is also a half-sister to the dam of surprise Gr.1 Storm Queen Stakes winner Mirjulisa Lass.
Today is a rest day here with the one-day Festival Sale for the bargain hunters kicking off at 11am local time on Sunday. Then
The first foal of her dam, the filly has a rather American background, her family producing horses of the calibre of Gr.2 winner Tres Borrachos. There were a couple of morsels that would have caught the eye of the locals, Streaming’s dam, Byzantium, being a half-sister to the Canadian Listed winner Roses ‘N’ Wine, who foaled Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes winner Hampton Court when mated to Redoute’s Choice. Local interest would have also centred on the name Makybe Diva, the three-time Gr.1 Melbourne Cup winner appearing as a descendent of the filly’s fourth dam, the Vaguely Noble mare Noble Fancy.
For those not familiar with the sire Burgundy, he is an impeccably-bred son of Redoute’s Choice and the high-class Zabeel mare Grand Echezeaux, and was bought from this Karaka ring for NZ$1.3 million back in 2010. A half-brother to the top performer and successful sire Darci Brahma, he belied his breeding somewhat and was very much a sprinter, winning at Gr.3 level and running third in the Gr.1 Telegraph Handicap. A handsome beast, he stands at Cambridge Stud with his first crop runners showing tremendous promise.
Another young stallion starting to make an impression on both sides of the Tasman is Swiss Ace. A Mr Prospector-line sprinter, who took the Gr.1 Oakleigh Plate, still Australia’s greatest test of sheer speed. From four crops at the track, Swiss Ace has produced a handful of Stakes performers, which all seem to be getting better with age. Yesterday his son, out of the Danehill mare Show Exhibit, was knocked down to ex-patriot Kiwi, now Singapore-based trainer Stuart Gray for NZ$135,000.
Offered by Gerry Harvey’s New Zealand-based Westbury Stud, where Swiss Ace stands, the colt came in as Lot 1024. He is a half-brother to four winners, including the useful General Exhibit, who won six races in and around Brisbane. Show Exhibit’s mother, Japonila, is a half-sister to the Gr.3 (then) Beresford Stakes winner Castle Gandolfo, who was also runner-up in the Gr.1 Racing Post Trophy. Japonila’s dam, Golden Oriole, is a Northern Dancer full-sister to the sires El Gran Senor and Try My Best.
Three lots with strong European connections filled the next
Horse Sire – Dam (Damsire) Breeder
175p THISTLECRACK (GB) 9g Kayf Tara – Ardstown (Ardross) Robin and Scarlett Knipe 163p ALTIOR (Ire) 7g High Chaparral – Monte Solaro (Key Of Luck) Paddy Behan 156P MIN (Fr) 6g Walk In The Park – Phemyka (Saint Estephe) Marie-Therese Mimouni 156p MIGHT BITE (Ire) 8g Scorpion – Knotted Midge (Presenting) John O’Brien 153p WHISPER (Fr) 9g Astarabad – Belle Yepa (Mansonnien) Hubert and Sandra Hosselet 152 POLITOLOGUE (Fr) 6g Poliglote – Scarlet Row (Turgeon) Mme Henri Devin 150p WAITING PATIENTLY (Ire) 6g Flemensfirth – Rossavon (Beneficial) Vincent Finn 150+ CHARBEL (Ire) 6g Iffraaj – Eoz (Sadler’s Wells) Peter and Sandra McCarthy 150 O O SEVEN (Ire) 6g Flemensfirth – Kestral Heights (Eagle Eyed) Robert McCarthy 149p BELLSHILL (Ire) 7g King’s Theatre – Fairy Native (Be My Native) Frank Motherway 149p CONEY ISLAND (Ire) 6g Flemensfirth – Millys Gesture (Milan) Pat Tobin 149p OUR DUKE (Ire) 7g Oscar – Good Thyne Jenny (Good Thyne) Billy Cooper
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the focus shifts to Sydney and the revamped three-day Classic Yearling Sale commencing next Saturday evening after racing at nearby Randwick. It will be interesting to see what effect this week’s results will have on Sydney and in a few weeks Melbourne. Several Australian trainers are known to have taken advantage of weakened competition in Auckland and stocked up on horses, the equivalent of which would cost a great deal more in Australia. Whether they have the resources to continue buying over the coming months remains to be seen.
NZB SELECT YEARLING SALE CUMULATIVE STATISTICS (NZ$)
2017 2016Catalogued 641 633Sold 437 456Aggregate 20,679,500 -21 26,326,700Average 47,363 -18 57,734Median 40,000 -16 47,500
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EUROPEAN INTEREST SIRES (NZ$)CAMELOT950 c ex Preventable NS
EPAULETTE940 c ex Piece Of Class NS
HARBOUR WATCH1001 c ex Scattered Dreams 57,500
IFFRAAJ976 c ex Regal Ash 50,0001006 f ex Seducation 34,0001067 c ex Strictly Time 50,0001102 c ex Tsarina Belle 115,000
LOPE DE VEGA994 c ex San Tango NS
POET’S VOICE938 c ex Perri Lou 110,000
POWER930 c ex Pearla NS990 c ex Sadlers Home 22,0001041 f ex Snippets’ Miss 52,5001094 c ex Tiz Kate NS
RELIABLE MAN961 c ex Pyrate Princess W/D962 c ex Quality Dream 50,000984 c ex Rosey Dane 75,000986 c ex Run Roxy Run 5,000987 f ex Run To The Bank 40,0001000 c ex Scarlet Tiger 17,5001002 f ex Scene Queen 32,5001013 c ex Shabana 6,0001057 c ex Stella Doro NS1093 c ex Titibit 85,000
1096 f ex Torlundy 95,000
SEPOY1100 c ex Trouville 30,000
SHOWCASING952 c ex Princess Amidala 75,0001010 c ex Sequent W/D1027 c ex Shuswap 90,0001084 c ex Tempranillo NS
RACING PREVIEWBRITAIN
STAKES RACE SEASON OPENS AT LINGFIELD PARKThe first European Stakes races of the year take place today at Lingfield Park. The feature race on the card is the Listed Winter Derby Trial Stakes at 3.05pm. Gr.3 winners Arab Spring and Decorated Knight head a classy field of eight. The former, Arab Spring, is unbeaten in two starts on the all-weather, including an impressive victory in the twelve-furlong Gr.3 September Stakes here in September. The seven-year-old son of Monsun, successful on six of his 13 outings, also captured the 2014 Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap at Royal Ascot before taking the following year’s Gr.3 John Porter Stakes at Newbury.
All-weather debutant Decorated Knight is having his first start since running out an easy two-length winner of the nine-furlong Gr.3 Meld Stakes at Leopardstown in July. The five-year-old son of Galileo, with four wins from ten starts to his name, was beaten in the last stride on Derby Day at Epsom Downs in the Gr.3 Diomed Stakes over an extended mile in June.
Grendisar (Invincible Spirit) is bidding for a third triumph in the Winter Derby Trial. He followed up last year’s success with victories over course and distance in the Gr.3 Winter Derby and the £200,000 Easter Classic on Good Friday, after which he was crowned All-Weather Horse of the Year.
Lambourn trainer Jamie Osborne is doubly represented with multiple course scorer Battalion (Authorized), who captured the Listed Quebec Stakes in December, and Our Channel (English Channel), who is also a winner at this level on the all-weather, having won the Listed Magnolia Stakes at Kempton Park. The field is completed by Forceful Appeal (Successful Appeal), Mythical Madness (Dubawi) and Solar Deity (Exceed And Excel).
The six-furlong Listed Cleves Stakes gets the Stakes season underway earlier on the card at 2.00pm. The race has attracted eight runners including Godolphin’s Pretend (Invincible Spirit) and the seven-year-old all-weather regular Lancelot Du Lac (Shamardal). Both appeared back to their best last time out, with Pretend landing a six-furlong conditions race at Kempton Park and Lancelot Du Lac defying top-weight in a five-furlong class two handicap at Chelmsford City.
Among the other runners are Gracious John (Baltic King), who was third in the Gr.2 Sapphire Stakes at the Curragh last season, Justice Good (Acclamation) and Rivellino (Invincible Spirit), who has won this race for the last two years.
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BRITAIN
BHA BEGIN RECRUITING FOR DISCIPLINARY AND LICENSING PANELFormer jockeys and trainers are among those being called to step forward as His Honour Brian Barker, the newly-appointed Judicial Panel Chairman of the British Horseracing Authority’s (BHA) quasi-judicial panels, commences his search for new Disciplinary and Licensing Panel members and chairmen.
The appointed Panel chairmen and members will play a key role in upholding the integrity of Britain’s second-biggest spectator sport by being responsible for holding enquiries under the Rules of Racing, hearing appeals against the BHA’s racecourse Stewards’ decisions and, where appropriate, imposing penalties in accordance with the Rules.
The opportunity to become a member of the enlarged Disciplinary and Licensing Panel is open to anyone with relevant expertise, whatever their background. Legally-qualified chairmen are also being sought. Roles are being offered on the basis of a fixed, three-year contract which can be subject to renewal.
A recently published review of the structure, composition and operation of the BHA’s Disciplinary Panel, Appeal Board and Licensing Committee by independent expert Christopher Quinlan stated that the BHA’s current disciplinary system is legally robust and fair, but a number of recommendations were made which Mr Quinlan considered necessary to bring the BHA’s approach in line with best practice in sports governance and to increase confidence among participants and stakeholders.
They included the appointment of the new Judicial Panel Chairman, now filled by His Honour Brian Barker, who is responsible for overseeing an increase in the size of a merged Disciplinary Panel and Licensing Committee under open competition, including any suitably-qualified people with horseracing knowledge. All existing Panel members have been invited to apply for the new positions.
A further recommendation of the Quinlan review means that among those being encouraged to come forward are former jockeys and trainers, whose direct experience of the sport could make them ideal candidates to assist in the formulation of disciplinary verdicts. Current racecourse Stewards will not be able to sit on Disciplinary matters.
Both legally-qualified and lay individuals are sought to fulfil these important positions, although all candidates must demonstrate a good knowledge and appreciation of horseracing and Disciplinary and Licensing processes in sport. Individuals with veterinary expertise are also sought.
Barker said:, “My first priority, having been appointed as Judicial Panel Chairman, is to recruit an enhanced and skilled Disciplinary and Licensing Panel. The BHA impressed me by its commitment to implementing all of the recommendations from the excellent report by Christopher Quinlan. I intend to honour that commitment and ensure that all of the actions I take are in line with the recommendations and intentions of that report.
“Former jockeys and trainers and others connected with the sport could make a significant addition to the Disciplinary and Licensing Panel. They are well placed to understand the nuances and intricacies of a sport in which they have played an active part. This system seems to work very well for the BHA’s Stipendiary Stewards, some of whom are former professional jockeys, and there is no reason why the same should not apply to Disciplinary Panels.”
NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEWFRANCE
PRINCESS BREAKS DUCK IN PAU LISTED CONTESTThe main event at Pau yesterday afternoon was the 3500m Listed Prix Camille Duboscq, a hurdle contest exclusively for four-year-olds, which was landed by Lou Princess, a daughter of Haras de Montaigu-based Martaline, who was breaking her maiden at the tenth time of asking.
Racing in midfield as Long Breeze (Royal Assault) and then Saint Leo (Maresca Sorrento) made the pace, the winning filly was ridden before jumping two out, but picked up well to take the lead at the last and she drew away to a six-length win over the rallying Long Breeze, with a length and a half back to Saint Leo.
Bred by C Germain and Mme G Germain, she is the first winner from three foals out of the twice-raced Nile Majique (Kaldounevees). She is a half-sister to the Auteuil Listed winner and Gr.1 runner-up Scarlet Row (Turgeon; dam of the Gr.2 Noel Novices’ Chase winner Politologue) and the Listed Grand Cross de Craon runner-up Adelaide Square (Turgeon). The second dam is a multiple-winning Le Glorieux half-sister to the Auteuil Listed winner Nile Bonheur (Turgeon), the dual Listed-placed Alberto De Ballon (Alberto Giacometti), as well as the winners Nile Alresse (Turgeon; dam of the Listed winner Astre De Ballon) and Nile Princesse (Acteur Francais; dam of the Gr.2 Prix des Drags winner Princesse Kap and the Listed Prix Finot winner Prince Pretender).
INDUSTRY NEWSIRELAND
GODOLPHIN STUD AND STABLE STAFF AWARDS DEADLINE APPROACHESNominations for the Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards close next Friday at 5pm. The awards encompass ten categories, which carry total prize money of €80,000, an increase of €10,000 from 2016, plus a five-day educational tour to Dubai for the Newcomer Award winner.
Nominations can be completed online at www.studandstablestaffawards.ie. Nomination forms can also be downloaded from the website and can be returned to the Marketing Department at Horse Racing Ireland. Forms are also available from Horse Racing Ireland Head Office and members of the Irish Stable Staff Association will be distributing forms at all race meetings this weekend and next week.
The 2017 awards will take place in the Newpark Hotel in Kilkenny on Tuesday, 9th May.
Chairman of the Irish Stable Staff Association, Bernard Caldwell, said: “With only a week to go to the nominations deadline, I would encourage everyone working in racing and breeding to nominate their friends and colleagues past and present. Some of the award categories have been amended to more accurately reflect the work of the nominees and to incorporate those working in the breeding sector, so it is worthwhile reading each of the award criteria carefully. Every nomination counts, a person only has to be nominated once to be considered.”
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He will now spend the southern hemisphere breeding season at Arrowfield Stud, standing at a fee of A$33,000.
Meanwhile, Gr.1 winner Manhattan Rain is on his way out of Arrowfield to Blue Gum Farm in Victoria. The son of Encosta De Lago sired his first Gr.1 winner last weekend when Whisky Baron took the Gr.1 Met in South Africa.
He is a half-brother to three-time Australian Champion Sire Redoute’s Choice and is closely related to fellow Blue Gum stallion Umatilla, as well Al Maher and Hurricane Sky, all of whom have sired Gr.1 winners. Blue Gum Farm’s Phillip Campbell said, “We feel that the Encosta De Lago legacy, that started here so successfully with the amazing support of Victorian breeders, is ‘coming home’ so to speak through his best son at stud. It just seems like a wonderful fit.”
He will stand the 2017 breeding season for a fee of A$16,500.
STAKES RESULT
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AUSTRALIA
Gr.3 BOW MISTRESS STAKES, Hobart, 1200m, 3yo+ f&m, 1st A$75,000, 2nd A$22,500, 3rd A$11,250.1. OCEAN EMBERS (Aus), 4f,
Beneteau – Burningwood (Tabasco Cat) 2nd dam Wood So (Baederwood) 3rd dam Impudence (Bold Monarch) O: D Donnelly, M C Sharkie, B M Clark, Ms S E Coglin, Miss C L Knight, C Jolly, Miss C M Wargent, M J Wilson, D M Wilson, S J O’Rourke, Vision Racing, Bert Racing & Balmoral Lodge, B: Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd, T: S Eden A$23,000 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale
2. LYUBA (Aus), 4f, Turffontein – Dancing With Amy (General Nediym) O: Forest Lodge Racing Pty Ltd, Honey Badger Syndicate, E Foster, Mrs J Foster, T Matthews, S Hardy, Mrs J Hardy, B: Liverpool Street Investments, T: D Weir A$2,000 Inglis VOBIS Gold Yearling Sale
3. I LOVE IT (Aus), 6m, Artie Schiller – Not That Innocent (Foxhound) O: F P Salanitri, Mrs P L Salanitri, J P Salanitri, J Damiano, Mrs M Damiano, R Mittica, D Ross, D Cicivelli, S G Dimer, J Slucki, J S Paltos, Miss S L Chapman, A Salanitri, N M Searles & A Capaldi B: F P Salanitri, T: J Salanitri
Also ran: Time Commands, Teriki, Trot On Candy, Snippetee Bee, Astro Miss Distances: ½l, 1¾l, 2¼l, ½l, 1¼l, shd, 4½
FRANCE
TWO KILOGRAM ALLOWANCE FOR ALL FEMALE JOCKEYS FROM MARCHFrance Galop has announced that from 1st March, a 2kg weight allowance for female jockeys will be brought in and is across the board, meaning that there is no restriction due to age or number of victories. The allowance will apply to 90% of races, with the exclusions being Stakes contests and the Quinte handicaps.
There are nearly 600 female jockeys in France, which is a 36% increase compared to ten years ago. The allowance is aimed at increasing the number of female jockeys riding.
The weight allowance will be combined with other weight discounts already given to apprentices on the Flat and over jumps, but no allowance will exceed 4.5kg.
STALLION NEWSBRITAIN
MULTIPLEX MAKES THE MOVE TO AL MUZDAHER STUD IN BAHRAINThe Gr.3 winner Multiplex has been purchased by Sheikh Abdullah bin Isa Al Khalifa to stand at Al Muzdaher Stud in 2017 in Bahrain in a deal arranged by John and Jake Warren and Richard Venn.
The son of Danehill won the Gr.3 Prix La Rochette, the Listed Prix de Saint-Patrick and the Listed Prix de Montretout. He was also placed in the Gr.3 Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord as well as the Gr.3 Prix Messidor.
He is a half-brother to, among others, the Gr.3 World Sports Cup winner Memorise (Lyphard) and the dual Listed-placed Valentine Band (Dixieland Band; dam of the Gr.2 winner Await The Dawn and the Listed winner Putney Bridge). Their dam is the Listed Galtres Stakes-placed Shirley Valentine (Shirley Heights), from the family of the Gr.1 winners and sires Warning (Known Fact) and Commander In Chief (Dancing Brave) as well as the Gr.1 winner Yashmak (Danzig).
Jake Warren said, “Multiplex has produced multiple Group and Stakes winners in his career as a stallion to date and will suit Sheikh Abdullah’s breeding programme in Bahrain very well. He is a very handsome horse with a fantastic pedigree being by Danehill from the immediate family of Warning and Commander In Chief.”
AUSTRALIA
MAURICE TO ARROWFIELD STUD, MANHATTAN TO BLUE GUMSix-time Gr.1 winner Maurice will shuttle to Arrowfield Stud in New South Wales, Australia, for the 2017 southern hemisphere breeding season.
Trained by Noriyuki Hori, the son of Screen Hero won six times at Gr.1 level, including the Gr.1 Hong Kong Mile and was last seen signing off his career with a three-length victory over Secret Weapon (Choisir) in the Gr.1 Hong Kong Cup. The six-year-old was then retired to stud at Shadai Stallion Station at a fee of ¥4,000,000.
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Placed on two of his four starts, Dark Destroyer (Helmet) was always prominent and having taken over two out, he was always in command to get off the mark at the fifth attempt. He is the first foal out of the Gr.3 Oaks d’Italia-third Oeuvre D’Art (Marju). She is a half-sister to the multiple winners Aube Claire (Act One) and Talleth (Sakhee), out of the Listed Premio Torricola winner Midefix (Night Shift). The third dam, Malafirst (Malacate), was a winner and is also dam of the Listed winner Me Ne Vado (Brook).
Oeuvre D’Art has a two-year-old filly by Dark Angel named Angel Of The South (£170,000 Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale by Dean Ivory) and last year visited Iffraaj.
STALLION ROUND-UPSHUTTLE WINNERS IN CHILE
SOLDIER OF FORTUNEEl Lobo Esta (Chi), 3c, ex La Canasta (Mon Pote Le Gitan) Hipodromo Chile, Jan 7, mdn, 1m, Ch$4,190,000 B: Haras Santa SaraHola Miral (Chi), 3f, ex Miral (Morning Raider) Club Hipico De Santiago, Jan 2, mdn, 5½f, Ch$1,700,000 B: Haras SumayaRemersaro (Chi), 3c, ex Sweet Positana (Speak In Passing) Club Hipico de Santiago, Dec 26, mdn, 5½f, Ch$2,200,000 B: Haras SumayaSe Siente Lejos (Chi), 3c, ex Mitad De La Luna (Gstaad II) Club Hipico de Santiago, Dec 30, mdn, 5f, Ch$2,200,000 B: Haras Santa OlgaCardenalicio (Chi), 4f, ex Flamingo Hill (Tiger Hill) Club Hipico de Santiago, Dec 26, hcap, 6f, Ch$2,000,000 B: Haras Convento ViejoDon Jacho (Chi), 3c, ex Mulatinha (Monthir) Hipodromo Chile, Dec 31, hcap, 6f, Ch$2,100,000 B: Haras Santa LoretoGlorioso Campeon (Chi), 3g, ex Alegria Paz (Election Day) Hipodromo Chile, Dec 24, hcap, 1m, Ch$3,400,000 B: Haras Santa OlgaApolineo (Chi), 3c, ex Apusta Fija (War Chant) Valparaiso Sporting Club, Dec 31, Diario La Estrella Stakes, 1200mD, Ch$2,000,000 B: Haras CariocaQue Sera De Mi (Chi), 3f, ex Por Ti Muero (Jaded Dancer) Club Hipico de Santiago, Jan 7, hcap, 5½f, Ch$1,850,000 B: Haras Porta PiaSenora Isabella (Chi), 4f, ex Margherita Ii (Mutakddim) Club Hipico de Santiago, Jan 2, hcap, 5½f, Ch$1,900,000 B: Haras Convento ViejoSmoke On The Water (Chi), 3c, ex Evanescence (Mons) Valparaiso Sporting Club, Dec 29, hcap, 7½f, Ch$1,710,000 Valparaiso Sporting Club, Jan 15, hcap, 5½fD, Ch$1,100,000 Valparaiso Sporting Club, Jan 18, hcap, 6fD, Ch$1,070,000 B: Haras Santa Loreto
NATIONAL HUNT STAKES RESULTFRANCE
LR CAMILLE DUBOSCQ, Pau, 3500m, 4yo hdl, 1st €31,200, 2nd €15,600, 3rd €9,1001. LOU PRINCESS (Fr), 4f,
Martaline – Nile Majique (Kaldounevees) 2nd dam Nile Glorieuse (Le Glorieux) 3rd dam Nile Palace (Crystal Palace) O/T: G Denuault, B: C Germain & Mme G Germain
2. LONG BREEZE (Fr), 4c, Royal Assault – Kirklandi (Majorien) O: Ecurie Kura, Christian Scandella, B: Ecurie Kura, T: C Scandella
3. SAINT LEO (Fr), 4g, Maresca Sorrento – Sainte Lea (Sirk) O: Raymond Anderson Green, B: Maleissya Melun, T: G Macaire
Also ran: Birdpacker, Beaute Promise, Chestnut Dream, Epoustouflaunt (pu), Flapjack (pu) Non runner: Tahanrun Distances: 6l, 1½l, 8l, 2½l, 4½l
YESTERDAY’S RACING REVIEWBRITAIN
3.00 LINGFIELD PARK, 3YO MED AUCT MDN, 1M2FAW1. EARTHLY (USA), 3c,
Spring At Last – Geographic (Empire Maker) O: K Abdullah, B: Juddmonte Farms, T: Ralph Beckett Distances: 2½l, nk. 7 ran.
Earthly (Spring At Last) chased the leaders before being ridden two furlongs out and, while leading inside the final furlong, stayed on well to win on his third start. He is a half-brother to last month’s Gr.3 January Cup winner Harbour Master (Mizzen Mast), also known as Market Town, out of the unraced Empire Maker mare Geographic. She is a half-sister to the dual Gr.1 winner Aptitude (A P Indy; dam of the Gr.1 winner Sleep Easy and the Stakes-placed Relaxed). Their dam, the unraced Dokki (Northern Dancer), is a half-sister to the US Champion Three-Year-Old, dual Gr.1 winner and sire Slew O’ Gold (Seattle Slew), and the Gr.1 winner and sire Coastal (Majestic Prince). The third dam is the unraced Alluvial (Buckpasser).
Geographic has a two-year-old colt by Mizzen Mast named Mapped and a yearling filly by Noble Mission ($37,000 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale by Todd Fischer).
6.15 KEMPTON PARK, 3YO+ MAIDEN, 7FAW1. DARK DESTROYER (Ire), 3c,
Helmet – Oeuvre D’Art (Marju) O: P Gleeson & Goldrush Thoroughbreds, B: Castle Estates, T: Joseph Tuite £32,000 Doncaster Premier Yearling Sale by Dermot Farrington Distances: 1¼l, ½l. 12 ran.
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Soldada Cambon (Chi), 3f, ex Rue Cambon (Roy) Valparaiso Sporting Club, Jan 15, mdn, 5fT, Ch$1,200,000 B: Haras Sumaya Bottega Fortunata (Chi), 4f, ex Bottega Veneta (Roy) Valparaiso Sporting Club, Jan 18, hcap, 5½fD, Ch$1,020,000 B: Haras Santa MartaTower Of Fortune (Chi), 4g, ex Tower Of Venice (Merchant Of Venice) Valparaiso Sporting Club, Jan 11, hcap, 6fD, Ch$1,200,000 B: Haras Carioca
STAKES FIELDSBRITAIN
LR CLEVES STAKES, Lingfield Park, 6fAW, 4yo+, 1st £25,520, 2nd £9,675, 3rd £4,842, 2.00pmAMAZOUR (Ire), 5g,
Azamour – Choose Me (Choisir)BOOM THE GROOM (Ire), 6g,
Kodiac – Ecco Mi (Priolo)GRACIOUS JOHN (Ire), 4c,
Baltic King – Dorn Hill (Lujain)JUSTICE GOOD (Ire), 5g,
Acclamation – Qui Moi (Swain)LANCELOT DU LAC (Ity), 7g,
Shamardal – Dodie Mae (Capote)MYTHMAKER (GB), 5g,
Major Cadeaux – Mythicism (Oasis Dream)PRETEND (Ire), 6g,
Invincible Spirit – Fafinta (Indian Ridge)RIVELLINO (GB), 7g,
Invincible Spirit – Brazilian Bride (Pivotal)
LR WINTER DERBY TRIAL STAKES, Lingfield Park, 1m2fAW, 4yo+, 1st £25,520, 2nd £9,675, 3rd £4,842, 3.05pmARAB SPRING (Ire), 7h,
Monsun – Spring Symphony (Darshaan)DECORATED KNIGHT (GB), 5h,
Galileo – Pearling (Storm Cat)BATTALION (Ire), 7g,
Authorized – Zigarra (Halling)FORCEFUL APPEAL (USA), 9g,
Successful Appeal – Kinetic Force (Holy Bull)GRENDISAR (Ire), 7h,
Invincible Spirit – Remarkable Story (Mark Of Esteem)MYTHICAL MADNESS (GB), 6g,
Dubawi – Miss Delila (Malibu Moon)OUR CHANNEL (USA), 6g,
English Channel – Raw Gold (Rahy)SOLAR DEITY (Ire), 8h,
Exceed And Excel – Dawn Raid (Docksider)
NORTH AMERICA
EUROPEAN BRED RUNNERS
Gr.2 SAN MARCOS STAKES, Santa Anita Park, 1m2fT, 4yo+, $200,000, 4.30pm (local time), Race 9FLAMBOYANT (Fr), 6g,
Peer Gynt – Relicia Bere (Until Sundown)ITSINTHEPOST (Fr), 5g,
American Post – Sakkara Star (Mozart)
Gr.3 SWEETEST CHANT STAKES, Gulfstream Park, 1mT, 3yof, $100,000, 5.05pm (local time), Race 11TAMIT (Ire), 3f,
Fastnet Rock – Roman Empress (Sadler’s Wells)RYMSKA (Fr), 3f,
Le Havre – Foreign Raider (Lend A Hand)
AUSTRALIA – SUNDAY
EUROPEAN INTEREST RUNNERS
Gr.3 HOBART CUP, Hobart, 2400m, 3yo+, 1st A$120,000, 2nd A$36,000, 3rd A$18,000, 5.10am (GMT)GLADSTONE (Aus), 7g,
Dylan Thomas – Taravain (Kenvain)BIG DUKE (Ire), 5g,
Raven’s Pass – Hazarayna (Polish Precedent)
CORRECTIONThe first stage of the Ballymacoll Stud Dispersal, which will feature five fillies and mares, will be offered at the Goffs February Sale next week.
Above rates are the mid-market rates at 4pm on 03/01/2017
1.25021.15901.2394
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