FRIDAY, 24TH FEBRUARY 2017 Gale Force Ten EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU RACING REVIEW | RACING NEWS | SOUTH AFRICA | JOB BOARD TODAY’S HEADLINES SALES TALK STALLION NEWS GOFFS FIRST MARE IN FOAL EBN Sales Talk Click here to TO FASCINATING ROCK is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com Ballylinch Stud has announced that its dual Gr.1 winner Fascinating Rock has had his first mare, Lady Livius, tested in foal. Also owned by Ballylinch Stud, the Weatherbys Super Sprint winner, a daughter of Titus Livius, has already produced two SPORTSMAN’S SALE TO REVERT Group-winning two-year-olds, Burnt Sugar, who became the TO ONE-DAY FORMAT first Stakes winner by Lope De Vega when he won the Gr.3 Sirenia The Goffs Sportsman’s Sale will revert to a one-day auction on Stakes, and Brown Sugar (Tamayuz), who landed the Gr.3 Thursday, 28th September, immediately following the two-day Molecomb Stakes and the Gr.3 Sirenia Stakes. Lady Livius is a half- Orby Sale. The move is a response to feedback from vendors and sister to the Gr.2 Mill Reef Stakes winner Galeota (Mujadil). purchasers following last year’s two-part Sportsman’s Sale. It now Managing Director of Ballylinch Stud, John O’Connor, said “We returns to its most successful format, which in 2015 recorded a are committing some very nice mares to Fascinating Rock in his first 90% clearance rate and average price of just under €25,000. The season at stud and Lady Livius is certainly one of them. Maurice sale has a good record on the racetrack, headed by the 2016 Gr.1 Regan and Newtown Anner Stud have already shown their support Prince of Wales’s Stakes winner My Dream Boat (Lord Shanakill). for him at the sales, and breeders have been quick to pick up on this Sportsman’s Sale vendors undoubtedly benefit from the and send their mares to him.” crossover of buyers at Goffs for the two-day Orby Sale, which Fascinating Rock won the Gr.3 Ballysax Stakes and the Gr.3 welcomed an unprecedented international audience in 2016, Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes, both over ten furlongs, as a and results show that in each of the past three years, more than three-year-old. At four he won the Listed Heritage Stakes over a fifty buyers have purchased from both catalogues, with several of mile, the Gr.3 Mooresbridge Stakes and the Gr.3 Enterprise Stakes the top-tier Orby purchasers also among the leading buyers at before winning his first Gr.1, the Champion Stakes. Last year he Sportsman’s, including John Ferguson, the China Horse Club, beat Found (Galileo) in the Gr.1 Tattersalls Gold Cup. The highest- Amanda Skiffington and many others. BBA Ireland were the rated son of International sire Fastnet Rock, he is standing for leading Sportsman’s buyer last year, accounting for 69 yearlings €10,000. primarily for their Chinese client Yulong Investments. CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 SALES TALK ~ RACING REVIEW EBN: FRIDAY, 24TH FEBRUARY 2017 which bought 32 lots averaging just under €20,000, again principally for Mr Zhang of Yulong Investments. Announcing the revised Sportsman’s format, Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said: “This return to a one-day Sportsman’s Sale will benefit all concerned and bring it back in line with its previous success. This is a sale that consistently delivers results for owners, headed last season by Gr.1 success at Royal Ascot, and, with an ever increasing number of international buyers flocking to Goffs for our superb Orby Sale, we can expect a strong renewal of the Sportsman’s this year. It is our job to provide the most vibrant marketplace for horses at every level, and the Open Yearling Sale is a strong sale in its own right, with increasing attendance by buyers from home and abroad, and the extra time afforded by the late October date definitely benefits many of the yearlings.” A colt by Fountain Of Youth out of the winning Major RACING REVIEW Cadeaux mare Jive. Her dam, Lindy Hop (Danehill Dancer), is a half-sister to the Gr.1 Derby runner-up At First UAE Sight (Galileo). CLASSIC SUCCESS FOR The increasing numbers of yearlings in the market will be NOMORERICHBLONDES accommodated at the Open Yearling Sale on 25th and 26th Recent Listed UAE 1,000 Guineas winner Nashmiah (Alnajim October, which enjoyed strong trade last year and an 81% Althakeb) was a non-runner in the Gr.3 UAE Oaks yesterday and clearance rate. It also benefits from following the improving Goffs the filly she beat by a head that day, Nomorerichblondes, went Horses In Training Sale which will be held on Tuesday, 24th one better in her absence, giving her sire, Hard Spun, his second October this year. Following their successes at the Sportsman’s black-type win of the day. She broke well and raced prominently, Sale, the leading buyer at the Open Sale in 2016 was BBA Ireland, kicking for home coming around the final bend and going clear, 2017 Leading Second-Crop Sires by Cumulative Black-Type Winners For stallions standing in North America/Europe through Monday, Feb. 20 Rk Stallion BTW GSW G1SH Wnrs Highest Earner 1 Frankel 6 6 1 19 Soul Stirring (2008) by Galileo. Stands: Banstead Manor Stud Eng (£125,000) 2 Power 4 2 1 19 Peace Envoy (2009) by Oasis Dream. Stands: Coolmore Stud Ire (€8,000) 3 Dialed In 3 1 - 21 Gunnevera (2008) by Mineshaft. Stands: Darby Dan Farm KY ($15,000) - Union Rags 3 3 2 21 Dancing Rags (2009) by Dixie Union. Stands: Lane's End Farm KY ($50,000) - The Factor 3 1 1 20 Noted And Quoted (2008) by War Front. Stands: Lane's End Farm KY ($25,000) - Mayson 3 - - 22 Mayson Junior (2008) by Invincible Spirit. Stands: Cheveley Park Stud Eng (£6,000) 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. 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 RACING REVIEW EBN: FRIDAY, 24TH FEBRUARY 2017 she then held off the strong finishing Midnight Chica (Midnight Lute) by a length and a half, with Complimenti (Congrats) three quarters of a length further back in third. Making just her fifth start, Nomorerichblondes was earning her first black-type success and her second career win. Bred by Blue Devil Racing, the Fasig-Tipton and Tattersalls graduate is out of the Fairway Fun Stakes-placed Miss Luann (Unbridled’s Song), who is a half-sister to the Listed Red Carpet Stakes-placed Choice Play (Vindication). Their dam, the winner Sharp Eyes (Storm Cat), is a half-sister to the Gr.2 winner Celtic Celeb (Peintre Celebre) and the Listed winner Gaelic Queen (Fairy King). The third dam is the dual Gr.3 winner Gaelic Bird (Gay Mecene). NAD AL SHEBA TROPHY The Gr.3 Nad Al Sheba Trophy was billed as a two-horse race between the triple Gr.1 winner Vazirabad (Manduro) and the Gr.1 winner Sheikhzayedroad (Dubawi), but Beautiful Romance, the only mare in the race, continued what was turning out to be a very successful day for Godolphin. The one mile six furlong race was run at a mile and a half canter and a two furlong sprint. That was potentially the undoing of the favourite Vazirabad and the making of Beautiful Romance, as she out-paced her rivals in the straight by Above standing is last year’s Purebred Arabian Gr.1 Emir’s a length and a half and three and a quarter lengths. Sword winner Gazwan, who attempts back to back victories The five-year-old daughter of New Approach earned her on Sunday for trainer Julian Smart and Al Shahania Stud, fourth black-type success, having won the Listed August Stakes centre, and his Gr.1 Emir’s Trophy runner Fundamentalist at Windsor as a three-year-old, the Gr.2 Middleton Stakes at York (Arch), bottom right during morning exercise. at four and the Gr.2 Zipping Classic back in November. ZuzannaLupa © August Yearling Sale AUGUST 19-21, 2017 DEAUVILLE THE BUYERS’ FAVOURITE SALE A vintage 2016 renewal, the second best in the sale’s history. 11 individual buyers spent in excess of €1 million. New investors from around the world. ENTRIES NOW OPEN CONTACT NOMINATE BY: WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH 2017 +33 (0)2 31 81 81 00 - [email protected] www.arqanayearlings.com CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 RACING REVIEW ~ NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW EBN: FRIDAY, 24TH FEBRUARY 2017 Bred by Rabbah Bloodstock, she is out of the Gr.3 Princess Royal Meydan yesterday and Etijaah, who raced on the rail in mid-division Stakes winner Mazuna (Cape Cross), who is a half-sister to the racing through a lot of kick-back, reversed the form with Alabaster Listed-placed Nobilissime (Halling) and the winner Compradore (Medaglia D’Oro), who beat him by a quarter of a length two weeks (Mujtahid; dam of the Gr.3 winner Beyond Desire). This is the ago. The son of Daaher showed a good turn of foot in the home family of the multiple Gr.1 winner and sire Mastercraftsman.