The Class of 2019

THE CLASSS OF 2019 One of the yard’s more memorable In the first of a series of articles, JOHN SCANLON handicap successes last term was the seven-length win achieved by Sofia’s takes a look at some of the two-year-olds forming Rock after an enterprising ride by Richard Kingscote at Haydock in July. So part of Johnston Racing’s juvenile team for 2019 we’re thrilled that Mark was able to buy a full brother to Sofia’s Rock at the Arqana August Yearling Sale in Deauville, for €65,000. HE process of assembling a of our owners. where his progeny scored a number of The bay colt, by Rock of Gibraltar team of juveniles is a One such example is Aventuriere , a Group 1 wins. Archipenko’s dam Bound, out of Princess Sofia , is an early March T foal, and is owned by Dr Jim Walker. fascinating one for a trainer. If bay filly out of Lady Jane Digby, Kirsten a daughter of Nijinsky, was a Listed you haven’t yet read it, do try to get hold Rausing’s Oasis Dream mare who was so winner and features as the granddam of Rock of Gibraltar won seven Group 1 of Issue No 2 of Bloodstock Notebook, successful for Mark. She won her Group Blame, winner of the 2010 Breeders’ Cup races in 2001/2, and his successes at stud which contains an intriguing article about 1 over a mile and a quarter in Munich Classic. include Eagle Mountain, Society Rock the yearling market seen through Mark’s almost nine years ago, and was retired Lady Jane Digby won on her debut as and Prince Gibraltar, the last named eyes. It’s full of telling insights into thereafter. In the paddocks she has a juvenile over seven furlongs at being a full brother to this colt who won many aspects of the yearling sales, and produced winners by Galileo, Dubawi Doncaster and returned to Town Moor for two Group 1 races in the Criterium de contains a number of forthright and Henrythenavigator. Aventuriere is a her second start, when she was only Saint-Cloud and the Grosser Preis von comments from Mark, including his February foal from the last European beaten three lengths in the Group 3 May Baden. guiding principle: “I just won’t buy any crop by the Kingmambo stallion, Hill Stakes. She went on to prove The dam, the Pennekamp mare horse if I don’t think it’s worth buying for Archipenko, who died in late 2017. effective from a mile and a quarter to a Princess Sofia, was bred by Darley and the price I am paying for it.” Archipenko won the Group 1 mile and a half later in her career. won a Longchamp handicap over nine Of course, the Kingsley Park team Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup In 2014/5, Sheikh Hamdan bin furlongs as a five-year-old. She has produced five winners to date and hopes includes a substantial number of horses at Sha Tin, and he produced three major Mohammed’s Polarisation (by Echo of The Henrythenavigator colt out of Lamentation who have not been through the sales ring, Group 1 winners at stud in Madame Light) won five races for the yard, are high that our new colt will give her a but have come to Mark directly from Chiang (British Champions Fillies and capped by a success in the Melrose sixth winner. breeding operations such as Darley and Mares), Time Warp (Hong Kong Gold Stakes at York. He went on to land the Owner John Dance has had a fabulous another interesting member of the 2019 Browne, Ian Boyce, Stevie Richards and Shadwell, or who are the produce of Cup) and Glorious Forever (Hong Kong Sydney Cup, a Group 1 handicap over couple of years, largely thanks to his tea. Sue Frosell have snapped up a half- horses who have already raced for some Cup). He also shuttled to Argentina, two miles, for Godolphin in 2017. flying filly Laurens. We’re delighted that The Aga Khan’s Siyouni was a highly brother to Elegiac, a colt by So we’re delighted to report that we he has sent Mark a juvenile colt, foaled in rated juvenile who won the Group 1 Prix Henrythenavigator out of Lamentation . have a bay colt in the string, a February March, by Starspangledbanner out of Jean-Luc Lagardere, Grand Criterium at This bay colt, foaled on March 16, is foal who is a half-brother to Polarisation. Caribbean Ace . Longchamp in 2009. At three, he finished by the Mr Prospector line stallion The colt, also owned by Sheikh Hamdan second in both the Prix Jean Prat at Henrythenavigator, winner of the English bin Mohammed, is by Golden Horn out ARRIBEAN ACE, a Red Clubs Deauville and the Prix du Moulin at and Irish 2,000 Guineas, the St James’s of Concordia . Golden Horn is a son of mare, was purchased for Longchamp. At stud, in addition to Palace Stakes and the Sussex Stakes in Cape Cross who won the Derby, the £80,000 at Goffs Premier producing Laurens, he has also produced 2008. At stud, his top performer has been Eclipse, the Irish Champion Stakes and CYearling Sales. The Choisir stallion Ervedya, the Group 1 Coronation Stakes George Vancouver, winner of the the Arc in a remarkable three-year-old Starspangledbanner, a winner of the July winner, and City Light, beaten a short Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf in 2012. career in 2015. Now standing at Darley’s Cup and of the Golden Jubilee Stakes, head in last year’s Diamond Jubilee The Singspiel mare, Lamentation, won Dalham Hall Stud, this colt is part of his has produced the Prix Morny winner The Stakes. over a mile at San Siro in Milan as a first crop. Wow Signal and Home Of The Brave. He The Shamardal mare, Walk In Beauty, three-year-old and was Grade 2-placed in The Pivotal mare Concordia was a has produced 20% winners to runners was placed four times in France, and has the USA at five. In addition to Elegiac, winner in France, and in the paddocks from his first two European crops. produced one winner from three foals in she has also produced Eesha’s Smile, by she has produced five winners already. Caribbean Ace has produced one the filly Find It Within, by Teofilo. The Toronado, winner of two of her five starts She is beautifully bred, being out of the winner from two previous foals, the filly second dam, Zelda, produced multiple for Johnston Racing last year, and Blushing Groom mare Snow Bride, who That’s My Girl (by Mastercraftsman) winners, including Zipping, by Zafonic, Lawless Secret, by Lawman, a winner won the Oaks before producing the who won a six-furlong Newbury maiden joint champion three-year-old sprinter in over a mile and a quarter. Derby winner Lammtarra, among other in 2017. Europe in 2002. black type winners. John Dance’s Laurens is by the Pivotal Another stable star of 2018 was sire, Siyouni, which makes Merriebelle Elegiac, who ended the season on a mark Look out for another selection Stable’s chestnut filly by Siyouni out of of 104 after a string of commendable of the 2019 recruits in next The Siyouni filly out of Walk In Beauty Walk In Beauty , a Shamardal mare, efforts in handicap company. Nick month’s edition of the Klarion 14 15.

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