Cheveley Park Stud Designed and produced by Thoroughbred Advertising. 01883 714800. by Thoroughbred Designed and produced GARSWOOD INTELLO LETHAL FORCE MAYSON 2 0 1 9 PIVOTAL TWILIGHT SON ULYSSES UNFORTUNATELY OUTER3 Cheveley_CoversChosen.indd 3 12/11/2018 09:56 THE TEAM Chris Richardson John Marsh Andrew Snell Matthew Sigsworth Dale Clements Mark Dean Managing Director Senior Manager Stud Manager Bloodstock Manager Assistant Stud Manager Stud Groom & Head of Nominations Cheveley Park Stud Chris Dant John Hernon Noel Cullen John Rice Julie Rivers Sharon Harper Financial Director Stud Groom Stud Groom – Warren Hill Head Stallion Handler Accounts Manager Offi ce Manager Sandwich Stud & Ashley Heath Studs Front cover: UNFORTUNATELY 2 IFC_People&p1_Letterv2.indd 2 12/11/2018 09:57 FOREWORD It once again gives me great pleasure to introduce you to our annual DUTCH ART has had another marvellous year, highlighted by the success brochure in which you will fi nd details of the exciting stallions standing at of the lightning-quick Mabs Cross, whose fi nest hour came when winning Cheveley Park Stud. Our aim continues to be to provide breeders at all levels the Group 1 Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp. She also won the Group 3 with commercial, attractive and realistically-priced opportunities for their mares. Palace House Stakes and was Group 1 placed twice in the Nunthorpe Stakes and King’s Stand Stakes. For 2019 we are delighted to introduce the beautifully balanced Group 1 Prix Morny winner, UNFORTUNATELY, who won this race in the second Dual Group 1 winner TWILIGHT SON has been busy covering a fastest time for over half a century and who is a son of the much missed strong book of quality mares in his fi rst two seasons, and we are most Society Rock. UNFORTUNATELY was a smart two-year-old who, prior to encouraged by his eyecatching fi rst crop of foals. his Group 1 success, had won the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin. He defeated 17 individual Group winners, including the Group 1 winners Sands Of Mali PIVOTAL continues to impress with yet more Group 1 winners this year and Havana Grey. in Lightning Spear, winner of the Group 1 Sussex Stakes, and Blair House, winner of the Group 1 Jebel Hatta at Meydan. Attention, however, has ULYSSES, winner of both the Group 1 Coral Eclipse Stakes and the Group 1 once again been drawn to the phenomenal success PIVOTAL is having as Juddmonte International Stakes, is a son of Galileo out of the Oaks winner a broodmare sire, with ten individual Group 1 winners around the world in Light Shift. ULYSSES had a strong book of 115 mares in his fi rst season, 2018 namely, Cracksman, Mabs Cross, Rhododendron, Glorious Empire, including eight Group 1 winners and a further six dams of Group 1 winners, Mikki Rocket, One Master, Olmedo, Magical, Fairyland and our homebred Chris Richardson and we’re eagerly looking forward to seeing his fi rst foals next spring. Advertise, the latter in the colours of Phoenix Racing. Managing Director The French Derby winner INTELLO has had a spectacular year, with Speaking of homebreds, it has been a very good year for Cheveley Park Stud. six individual Stakes winners, including the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat winner, In addition to breeding the above-mentioned Advertise, winner of the Intellogent and the triple Group 3 winner Young Rascal. His statistics Group 1 Phoenix Stakes and Group 2 July Stakes and second in the Group 1 reveal a sire of great potential with 12 Stakes performers and an Dewhurst Stakes, the stud has also been responsible for Son Of Rest (by impressive 13% Black-Type horses to runners in 2018, including our own Pivotal), who dead-heated in the William Hill Ayr Gold Cup, having previously Regal Reality who showed great determination to win the been second in the Group 1 Flying Five Stakes; Veracious, who won the Group 3 Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes. Group 3 Atalanta Stakes and was placed in both the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Group 1 Nassau Stakes; Pilaster, who scored MAYSON has once again been a model of consistency, being the third in impressive style in the Group 2 Lillie Langtry Stakes; Regal Reality, leading UK-based third crop sire this year by earnings behind Frankel and who was third in the Group 2 Joel Stakes, having previously won the Nathaniel, with our own Listed winner and Group 3 placed Dance Diva Group 3 Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes, and the Listed winners Dance Diva being one of his eight Stakes performers. He has now had 13 two-year-old (by Mayson), Perfection (by Dutch Art) and Gabr (by Intello), who won the Stakes performers to date, including the Group 1 placed True Mason. Foundation Stakes in the colours of his owner Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum. Similarly, Group 1 July Cup record holder LETHAL FORCE has had another I would like to thank all our loyal breeders and friends for their continued solid year with a further 43 individual winners (to 7th Nov.), including three support and I invite you to contact us to arrange to inspect the current line-up Black Type performers, namely, Konchek, second to Advertise in the Group 2 of nine stallions available to breeders in 2019. July Stakes, and the Stakes placed Tricksy Spirit and Would Be King. We look forward to hearing from you. GARSWOOD, following on from his progeny’s excellent returns in the yearling market last year, has caught the imagination with his fi rst crop which included Group winners Little Kim, winner of the Group 3 Prix du Bois, and Cala Tarida, winner of the Group 3 Prix des Reservoirs. 1 IFC_People&p1_Letterv2.indd 1 12/11/2018 09:53 STALLIONS FOR 2019 GARSWOOD INTELLO LETHAL FORCE MAYSON PIVOTAL TWILIGHT SON Group 1 winning The Leading The Leading Group 1 winning sprinter. Multiple Dual Group 1 sprinter and a dual UK-based 2nd Crop UK-based 2nd Crop Unbeatable value Champion Sire winning sprinter Group sire with his Sire by earnings Sire by number of for a proven sire of of 28 individual perpetuating the fi rst crop in 2018 in 2018 (5/11) winners in 2018 (5/11) Black Type 2yos Group 1 winners Pivotal dynasty Fee: £3,500 Fee: £20,000 Fee: £4,500 Fee: £6,000 Fee: Private Fee: £8,000 First crop yearlings in 2019 PAGES PAGES PAGES PAGES PAGES PAGES 8 ~ 9 10 ~ 11 12 ~ 13 14 ~ 15 16 ~ 17 18 ~ 19 2 Content_Morris_p2-3.indd 2 12/11/2018 10:03 MORRIS ON UNFORTUNATELY SOCIETY ROCK, the fastest son of multiple company, that led to a challenge for the Group 2 Classic/Group 1 winner Rock of Gibraltar, was a Prix Robert Papin at Maisons-Laffi tte. He was hardy top-class sprinter who competed with the better than ever there, winning in a tight fi nish, best for four seasons, earning annual Timeform with odds-on Royal Ascot heroine Heartache ratings of 120, 124, 126 and 126. back in third place. He earned Group 1 honours in the Golden The colt’s progress did not end there, as a Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Sprint month later he returned to France for a highly Cup at Haydock Park, in addition to the Group 2 competitive Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville Duke of York Stakes, also registering second and won again, his victims including four who places in other top-level events, including the already had Pattern successes to their credit. Prix Maurice de Gheest, the Diamond Jubilee Stable-companion Havana Grey had won the Stakes and the July Cup. Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood, Different League the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot, Zonza Sadly, Society Rock succumbed to laminitis in the Prix du Bois at Deauville, and Tantheem the May 2016, when his stud career was just taking ULYSSES UNFORTUNATELY DUTCH ART Prix de Cabourg, also at Deauville. One of the Group 1 Sire of 3 Group 1 off, but breeders now have the opportunity to highest rated sons of winning 2yo winning sprinters, use his most distinguished son. UNFORTUNATELY was clearly a class act. UNFORTUNATELY emulated his sire as an Galileo standing and the best son including The colt ended his racing career on another accomplished sprinter, successful at Group 1 of Society Rock Mabs Cross in 2018 high note in September this year, with a victory at stud level, but he had one important attribute that his in the Group 3 Renaissance Stakes at Naas, sire lacked, namely precocity. Fee: £17,500 Fee: £7,500 Fee: Private where he came from way back and delivered an UNFORTUNATELY was a far more precocious explosive turn of foot that took him to the front First crop foals in 2019 First season 2019 two-year-old than Society Rock, a fact close home. confi rmed by their respective Timeform ratings Breeders should welcome the chance to use a at that age; the father rated 105, the son 117. precocious top-level sprinter with a pedigree PAGES PAGES PAGE Having made his debut in mid-April, that is all speed and just a little out of the UNFORTUNATELY then showed progressive ordinary. He will be easy to mate, suiting mares 20 ~ 21 22 ~ 23 24 form, including a second place in Listed of all descriptions. Tony Morris All fees payable 1st October, Special Live Foal Terms. 3 Content_Morris_p2-3.indd 3 12/11/2018 12:22 HISTORY Cheveley Park Stud was purchased by David and Patricia Thompson in 1975. KEY MOMENTS • The fifth Duke of Rutland established At that time, Newmarket’s oldest stud farm was in a state of sad disrepair, • Several monarchs have owned Cheveley Park as a thoroughbred centre Cheveley Park, including King Athelstan, of note, breeding four Classic winners; having dwindled down from 7,800 acres during its hey-day in the late 19th King Canute, Edward the Confessor, he planted the tree lined avenue called century, to a mere 270 acres.