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Racing Post Thursday, August 2, 2012 25 BLOODSTOCK WORLD CHATROOM The best of your emails vvPoor Sussex turnout Recently we have read of the demise of two racecourses yet yesterday at Glory provides Goodwood we had a Group 1 race with £300,000 in added prize-money containing only four runners, one of whom was a pacemaker. What sort of image is racing, through its numerous Choisir with administrative bodies, trying to project? Brian Pearce, Woking Vintage double vvYorkshire clash just stupid Just who decided to allow both Doncaster and Thirsk to race on Saturday By Richard Griffiths eight seasons but remained in Australia afternoon? Punters, bookmakers, this year rather than shuttle. jockeys and trainers could have attended THE incredible ability of Peter and Ross Choisir has been in the news both if one was Saturday and one Sunday. Net result, both courses lose Doyle to pinpoint good-value Group thanks to a third Group 1 winner – winners was highlighted once more at income. Plain stupid. Choice Bro in the Manawatu Sires The Fat Punter Goodwood yesterday with the Group 2 Produce Stakes in March, as well as an Vintage Stakes victory of Olympic Glory, Indian Derby success with Borsalino last I’d rather watch a seller whose success coincided with a first gold month. vv medal for the Great Britain team. I fully concur with Graham Smith A brilliant sprinter, Choisir took the Olympic Glory’s victory was also a (yesterday’s Chatroom). I’d rather watch 2003 Royal Ascot meeting by storm timely boost for this month’s Doncaster a competitive big-field low-grade seller when successful in the King’s Stand and Premier yearling sales as he was bought than a four-runner Frankel procession. by the Doyles for Julie Wood for £65,000 Golden Jubilee Stakes. His line is still The latter merely adds another sterling at last year’s auction. available to European breeders through bonanza into a select few millionaire This is the second year running that Llety Stud’s Group 2 winner Stimulation, owners/trainers’ pockets. the Hannon/Doyle/Wood axis has won Starspangledbanner having returned to Bazza, Cromer the Vintage Stakes with a son of Choisir, training. last year’s success coming with Olympic Glory is the only black-type Email in no more than 40 words to Chandlery, who was also bought at DBS winner within his first two generations. [email protected], putting CHAT in the for £88,000. However, third dam is the speedy Queen subject field Choisir stood at Coolmore Stud for Mary winner Amaranda. Olympic Glory: a second Vintage Stakes winner for Coolmore sire Choisir BIRTHDAYS Patience pays dividends for Wright Peter Beaumont 78 trainer of Jodami & Hussard Collonges; John Ward 67 trainer of Beautiful Pleasure & Wright, who co-owned the 2007 Licence To Thrill producing eight suppose we sent her to him in an Monarchos; Kenny McPeek 50 trainer BREEDER Middle Park winner Dark Angel, had winners from as many foals at stud, attempt to see if we get something been a regular visitor to the winner’s five of whom have been black-type that can possibly get a bit further. It of Sarava & Hard Buck; Pip Kirkby 41 FOCUS enclosure in the nineties thanks to the performers including the 7f Listed would be great if it worked out, but managing director at Market Rasen & Nottingham; Stuart Kittow 53 Tom Pennington talks to Chris exploits of a number of top-class winner Waveband. However, this year I’m quite happy to settle for Molecomb horses, including Group 1 winner Wright has strayed from his regular winners.” Cullompton trainer; Tony Hobbs 84 Wright, owner-breeder of Culture Vulture. breeding method of sending his mares Bungle Inthejungle’s victory also former Minehead permit-holder; Tony Tuesday’s Molecomb Stakes hero “It was absolutely fantastic,” says to speed sires and has this year taken provided a memorable first win for his Esler 69 rider of Swell Fellow & Bungle Inthejungle Wright, of Tuesday’s win. “There is the plunge by visiting the exciting joint-owner Emily Asprey. A riding Mandalus; Christopher Holdsworth always a real emotional attachment to young sire Makfi. and racing enthusiast, Asprey, aged Hunt 70 chairman of Breeding Capital; 16 and still at school, rather fell upon Andrew Sheret 35 jockeys’ agent; ATIENCE is one of the first anything that wins from this family. It “This family is all about precocity is important because they descend and speed – you her association with the colt when he Gaye Harwood 40 former Flat jockey; requirements of a successful failed the vets at the sales and had to breeder, and it is a quality from Crime Of Passion, a mare I know what Julie Turner 40 travelling head groom bought at the very start – it makes it you are return home. to Andy Turnell; Samantha Wood 33 that brought rewards at “Emily is the daughter of William P even more special. going to Bindaree’s groom; Felicity Ashfield 70 Goodwood for Chris Wright, Asprey, a friend of mine, and she is “A group of us from the music get with owner with William Knight; Peter whose blue and yellow silks were very keen on horses and racing,” says business decided we’d get involved them,” O’Toole 80 former owner with Bruce carried to victory by Bungle Wright. “He failed the vets at the Inthejungle in Tuesday’s Group 3 with trainer Ray Laing and help says Hobbs; Lance Havell 56 RCA Wright. “To sales, so we decided to keep him. I Molecomb Stakes. finance his yard when he started off. explained the difficulty that he had accountant; Alan Algar 36 Blue Square be honest Wright struggles to remember his We went to the sales at Newmarket failed the vet to William, but that PR manager; John Garnsey 65 former I’m not sure previous home-bred Group winner in and Tony Stratton-Smith he was worth taking a punt on Daily Express journalist; Dan Collins sending the Britain but his perseverance and recommended that she would be an and it has worked out great.” 23 amateur rider; David Mooney 51 determination to produce speedy ideal filly to buy, race and breed mare to bookmaker juveniles from his Cheltenham-based from.” Makfi was the right Please notify birthday greetings to us Stratford Place Stud has paid Stratton-Smith was proved right, Chris Wright: delighted with at least one week before publication dividends. with Crime Of Passion’s daughter thing. 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