The Jessica Harrington Column: Breeders= Cup
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 2020 WHITSBURY MANOR STUD RELEASES >21 FEES THE JESSICA HARRINGTON Whitsbury Manor Stud announced the stud fees for its five COLUMN: BREEDERS= CUP stallions in 2021. Heading the roster is Showcasing (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}--Arabesque {GB}, by Zafonic), who will stand for a TRIPLE THREAT reduced fee of ^45,000, Oct. 1 SLF. AOur industry finds itself in uncertain times and it is vital that we act accordingly,@ said Ed Harper, Director of Whitsbury Manor Stud. AWe have therefore listened to our clients and chosen to drop the fees of our three highest priced stallions to offer the best possible value to breeders and keep the wheels turning. In any other year you could expect the sire of a champion [G1] Sussex S. winning miler such as Mohaather to increase in fee, but we feel this is the right thing to do in the circumstances. Showcasing now has five sons at stud which is phenomenal from where he started. He also enjoyed significant group race success this year with Alkumait, Bodhicitta, and Tropbeau, who we hope will all stay in training next season." Additionally, Sergei Prokofiev (Scat Daddy--Orhcard Beach, by Cadillac winning the KPMG Champions Juvenile S. | racingfotos.com Tapit) will kick off his stud career at ,6,500, Oct. 1 SLF. ABeing such a fast 2yo by Scat Daddy gives breeders an excellent The trainer originally best known for many high-class jumps opportunity to breed speed and precocity to their mares,@ said winners that has made an eye-catching advance on Flat racing=s Harper. Cont. p4 top contests in recent years will share her thoughts with the TDN on a monthly basis in this most unusual of seasons. IN TDN AMERICA TODAY The Breeders= Cup is a fantastic meeting, one that serves as an CHRIS MCGRATH EXPLORES BREEDERS= CUP 2020 end-of-year championship between Europe and the U.S. In a Breeders’ Cup devotees will remain grounded this year by the year such as this it is fantastic that we are still able to go over pandemic, but the European invasion on race day remains the and have those great match-ups. I had my first runner at the same as always. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Breeders= Cup last year at Santa Anita, with Albigna (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) finishing fourth in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, and I am looking forward to running three horses at Keeneland next weekend. I can remember Breeders= Cups going way back, like when Lester Piggott came out of retirement and won the 1990 GI Breeders= Cup Mile aboard Royal Academy. That was the most amazing race and there have been loads of fantastic races at the Breeders= Cup, so it=s great to be part of it. I=m hoping the weather in Lexington stays nice and dry; I=m hearing they had some rain recently but that it=s supposed to be nice and dry next week, so as long as the ground is nice ground I=m perfectly happy. This year I=ll be running Cayenne Pepper (Ire) (Australia {GB}) in the GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Oodnadatta (Ire) (Australia {GB}) in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and Cadillac (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf. Cont. p2 Showcasing (GB) | Whitsbury Manor Stud TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 31 OCTOBER 2020 She got a bump jumping out of the stalls and the whole thing went wrong and she finished fifth, beaten 7 1/2 lengths. So we then let her be and the next time we ran her in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. on Irish Champions Weekend. She ran very well again over seven furlongs to be a fast-finishing third. She will appreciate the step up in trip as long as the ground is nice ground, and I think she=s improved a bit since her last run. Cadillac ran very well the first time he ran, winning first-time up in Leopardstown very easily and we were delighted with him. Cont. from p1 He then went to The Curragh for the G2 Futurity S. and he finished second, a half-length behind Mac Swiney (Ire) (New They all did a breeze on Wednesday and they all seem very Approach {Ire}), who won the G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy last well. They=ll leave here on Friday and fly to England before Saturday. In September he went to the G2 KPMG Champions heading on to the U.S. The plan is for our stable rider Shane Juvenile S. on Irish Champions Weekend and he won that Foley to go across and ride them. He has had an excellent year beating Van Gogh (American Pharoah), who won the and is in contention for the Irish jockeys championship, but the G1 Criterium International last weekend, so his form has been Breeders= Cup is too big an opportunity for him to miss. franked a few times. Sarah Kelly=s 3-year-old filly Cayenne Pepper has been very We then went to Newmarket for the G1 Dewhurst S. and the good this year. She was a bit slow to come to hand, not running ground was very soft and he finished fifth, beaten 4 1/4 lengths, until June after showing such behind St Mark=s Basilica (Fr) promise last year when winning (Siyouni {Fr}). He just got stuck her first three starts, including in the ground; both times he=s the G3 Flame of Tara S. and been beaten the ground has finishing fourth in the G1 Fillies= been soft so we really are Mile. Cayenne Pepper was looking for a bit of nice ground second behind Magical (Ire) for him, and they seem to (Galileo {Ire}) on her first run think it=s going to be nice at this season over 10 furlongs in Keeneland. the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup on Cadillac is owned by Alpha June 28, and then was twice Racing, which is a syndicate beaten over 12 furlongs when we set up and it=s got some second in the G1 Irish Oaks, American interest in it as well. beaten by Even So (Ire) This is the second year we=ve (Camelot {GB}), and by Tarnawa been running Alpha Racing Jessica Harrington at The Curragh in August | racingfotos.com (Ire) (Shamardal), Dermot and we=ll be continuing next Weld=s horse who also goes to the Breeders= Cup, in the year. It=s very exciting for the syndicate members because G3 Give Thanks S. in Cork. Cadillac was bought for i40,000 as a yearling at Goffs Orby, so I suppose both those runs were a bit disappointing, but then I it=s very exciting for them to have a horse that can run in the brought her back to a mile and a quarter at The Curragh where Breeders= Cup. she won the G2 Blandford S. very easily from Amma Grace (Ire) We set up Alpha Racing two years ago with a double view of (Galileo {Ire}), who won the Listed Trigo S. at Leopardstown last both racing and trading horses. We want to give the syndicate weekend, so our form has been well franked. I think Cayenne members lots of action on the racecourse with also a very strong Pepper is a proper mile and a quarter filly. She=s run on good commercial objective of trying to generate a return on ground, good to yielding ground, and good to soft ground so investment. It can be a lot of fun owning a racehorse, but in the she=ll go on any sort of ground. She=s in good form, she=s had long term if you=re spending a lot of money it=s important to see just the four races so far this year so she hasn=t done too much. some return on investment. We have eight horses in the Bob Scarborough and Susan Magnier=s Oodnadatta won her syndicate and we do take it strongly into consideration that maiden impressively first-time out at Leopardstown on June 21 they=re traded at the opportune time--from the first year we=ve and then she ran back at Leopardstown in the G3 Silver Flash S. traded seven of the eight. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 31 OCTOBER 2020 The syndicate members were keen that if we came across a horse that was of the highest order that we=d roll the dice and let him run and that decision was taken with Cadillac. But in general a part of our job, as much as it is to race them and win, is to make it commercially viable and trade them. While we have been preparing our Breeders= Cup runners we have also been out shopping for our next stars at the yearling sales. With the bulk of the yearling sales now over for another Senior Vice President season, I can say it was a strange year. I feel for Goffs, who Gary King suffered having had to move their sales overseas; that made a Twitter: @garykingTDN big difference to them. Tattersalls Book 1 was down and [email protected] suffered a bit, but then you came along to Tattersalls Book 2 and + 1.732.320.0975 it defied all the trends, which was great. That was good for the industry and the breeders, but it made it quite hard to buy International Editor horses, being on the other end of it.