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BREEDING to be CHAMPIONS TWEENHILLS 2015 BREEDING to be CHAMPIONS Standing at Tweenhills in 2015 Contents Introduction 01 The Farm 02 The Team 04 Charm Spirit 06 Harbour Watch 12 Havana Gold 18 Makfi 24 Dunaden 26 Hospitality highlights 28 Champions of racing 30 Keeping up-to-date 32 How to find us 33 TWEENHILLS 2015 BREEDING to be CHAMPIONS 1 David Redvers November 2014 Welcome to our Breeding to be Champions brochure for 2015. It is now 20 years since my mother and 40% winners to runners including stakes I turned the family farm into a viable performers such as Cornwallville, Astrelle bloodstock enterprise. I had identified that and Zvarkhova but what makes him so AFZAL was producing high-class runners exciting are the likes of Harpy, Daramakfi and from limited opportunities and with an Make Believe for whom the sky is the limit. investment of £8000 our first Tweenhills Charm Spirit will also take his turn at Haras stallion was secured. Months of feverish De Bonneval in 2016 and this is the start of an building followed and in the spring of 1995 exciting era with Qatar Bloodstock’s stallions we opened for business. being made available to a wider audience. Turn the clock forward twenty years and Harbour Watch’s first foals are stunning, as feverish building activity is still on going, as is they should be, and Havana Gold covered over the ambition to succeed with a new stallion. 130 mares so the future looks very bright with The business has grown twentyfold but the these two very popular sons of Acclamation underlying desire to breed Champions remains and Teofilo. It is also with great pleasure that the driving force. we have entered into an agreement with nearby Overbury Stud that sees them standing Charm Spirit is exactly the sort of stallion I Sheikh Fahad’s pride and joy, Dunaden. A would have dreamed about standing 20 years multiple Group 1 winner and the provider of ago; the perfect racehorse, versatile with a our greatest day at the races when he won the magnificent heart to match his engine. His sole 2011 Melbourne Cup, the affection he is held in 2014 defeat came in the strongest of 2000 by Sheikh Fahad is reflected in his revolutionary Guineas when, isolated, he ran too free and Breeders’ premiums scheme. I have a feeling finished just behind Night of Thunder, Kingman this fairytale story is going to run and run. and Australia. He went the rest of the season undefeated culminating in revenge over Sheikh Fahad’s drive and ambition is the major Night Of Thunder in the QEII. Qatar Bloodstock ingredient in Tweenhills’ development into one bought into their father’s Charm Spirit before of the leading stallion farms in Europe and that his victory in the Prix du Moulin and joyous ambition runs through Qatar Racing together family scenes followed in the winner’s with his investment in Robins Farm Racing and enclosure after his victory on QIPCO British Longholes. To witness his shared enjoyment Champions Day. when Elm Park won the Racing Post Trophy at the end of the season was to witness a young Due to the increasing size of the Qatar man who’s heart wholly belongs to British Bloodstock operation we have entered into Racing. We are lucky to be breeding, preparing, a new and exciting partnership with The training and racing Champions with him and Aga Khan Studs and Makfi will stand at Haras I hope you will join us. de Bonneval in France for 2015. Makfi’s first run as a two-year-old came on November 27th and yet to date he has already produced 2 THE FARM the FAR M Tweenhills has long been regarded as one of the finest stock farms in the Ledbury country in north west Gloucestershire. TWEENHILLS 2015 BREEDING to be CHAMPIONS 3 Nestling between the Malvern Hills and the River Severn this is prime dairy and beef country where stock thrives and trees grow broad and tall. Covering over 485 acres of the finest permanent pasture, the paddocks at Tweenhills Farm & Stud are sheltered by ancient hedgerows and magnificent oaks, and are farmed in strict rotation with our resident red Aberdeen Angus suckler herd. During the winter months the farm is grazed extensively by sheep. The farm has changed a great deal since David’s grandmother Nell Pennell milked and raised her award winning Guernsey herd and bred the world famous Bwlch prefixed riding ponies. Since 1995, three neighbouring properties have been added in Corsend Farm, Chargy Hill Farm and Catsbury on our northern boundary. Tweenhills is home to the new stallion unit and visiting mares, Corsend Farm houses our modern foaling unit and Chargy Hill is kept predominantly as a young stock farm with a range of winter barns. Recently a fabulous 30 metre by 40 metre outdoor school with Polytrack surface was added to the facilities at Tweenhills for long-reining, lunging and breaking-in the yearlings. All together we have an excellent world class facility on this, the most fertile of ground. 4 THE TEAM the TEAM Our experienced, dedicated and ambitious team are key to the continuing success at Tweenhills. TWEENHILLS 2015 BREEDING to be CHAMPIONS 5 Office team Yard team HANNAH WALL Ben HYde K arla O’Connell ASSISTANT TO DAVID REDVERS STuD Groom FoalINg MANAger /NOMINATIONS M: + 44 (0) 7821 661674 M: + 44 (0) 7748 647313 Karla has spent over 10 Ben joined Tweenhills in years in the industry before Hannah has been David’s June 2010 with a wealth of recently joining Tweenhills. assistant for nine years. experience in stud and This includes three foaling She does all the pedigree stallion management. Ben seasons with Islanmore research and updates for the had previously worked for Barleythorpe Stud Stud, four years at Derrinstown Stud with catalogues and works alongside David at the and was Stud Groom at Templeton Stud for ten mares, foals and yearling breaking, and three sales. The Qipco British Champions Series has years. Ben has full responsibility for the health years at Kildangan Stud. On graduating in been very much part of Hannah’s ever expanding and welfare of all the horses at Tweenhills along Equine Science from the University of Limerick, role and sees her representing the Al Thani with overseeing the stallions, sales preparations, Karla also spent some time in Kentucky. family’s sponsorship of the Series at many of breakers and managing the yard staff. the meetings. During the stud season Hannah manages the nomination sales for the stallions SARAH WILLIS along with ownership liaison. She has also Rob Carlile STuD HAND formed her own pinhooking syndicate, Redwall SEcond STuD Groom Bloodstock which has enjoyed great success. Sarah is one of the longest Prior to joining Tweenhills standing members of staff at Tweenhills and an K aren Smith in May 2014, Rob worked in his home country asset to the team with STuD SEcretary Australia for Three Bridges experience in all aspects of Thoroughbreds, during working on a busy stud. Karen is a key member of which time he led-up Black Caviar’s yearling the team since joining half-brother who made Aus$5m. Brought up Tweenhills at the start of K at Sowa with horses on his family’s thoroughbred stud, 2013. Prior to Tweenhills STuD HAND Rob has also spent four years with Darley. she was stud secretary for Bloomsbury Stud for four years before its Kat came to Tweenhills dispersal, and has been a farm secretary. from Poland seven years Darren MCNultY She also helped Mapperley Stud at the Karaka ago and spent two years Sales in New Zealand. Karen is the first point Stallions/STuD Hand with the stud before leaving of contact for mare owners ensuring all the to work with NH trainer Darren is a key member of documentation is in place and keeping owners Nicky Henderson. Since rejoining Tweenhills in the team, assisting with the informed of coverings and foalings, as well as 2013 Kat is primarily involved with breakers and stallions and overseeing all running the hospitality box at the sales. sales preparation. new arrivals at our isolation unit. He has many years of Sophie TURPIN experience having worked at Scarvagh House Lisa Charles AccOunts and Sandley Stud, as well as spending two STuD HAND seasons in Australia. Sophie joined Tweenhills Lisa joined Tweenhills in in September 2012, she is early 2014. Whilst previously responsible for all the George Thorpe an event organiser, her love accounts, client invoicing, Stallions/STuD Hand of horses having grown-up payroll and budgeting around show jumpers and having previously worked in the finance George joined Tweenhills in hunters drew her back to the equine world. department of a commercial insurance broker. September 2012 after previously working for As a keen rider, Sophie has her own horse at Werner Aucamp home and competes successfully. Robert Oliver with show horses. George has proven Farm MANAger to be an asset during the breeding season, BRYonY Smith assisting with coverings, and he particularly Werner joined Tweenhills racINg admin enjoys working with the stallions. in October 2012. He is responsible for all the Bryony was Ger Lyons farm and agricultural assistant for five years GR AHAM MCCOURT maintenance including the Aberdeen Angus suckler herd and can turn his before joining Tweenhills breakINg/transport in March 2012. With Qatar hand to pretty much anything. Racing and Pearl Bloodstock Graham was a renowned having well over 250 horses in training NH Jockey riding 920 CHARLIE REDVERS worldwide it’s Bryony’s job to liaise with all winners including both the Farm and groundsman concerned ensuring that all the information Gold Cup and Champion regarding the horses’ progress, entries etc.