Invincible Spirit Colt Tops Craven Opener
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WEDNESDAY, 13 APRIL 2016 NATHRA TOO GOOD IN NELL GWYN INVINCIBLE SPIRIT COLT Helped by the rain at Newmarket and the resultant withdrawal TOPS CRAVEN OPENER of Illuminate (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), Nathra (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) turned in a thoroughly professional effort to win Tuesday=s G3 Nell Gwyn S., providing a boost to Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who had beaten her by 4 1/2 lengths into second in the G1 Fillies= Mile at the same venue in October. Sluggish from the stalls on this comeback, Nathra was waited with towards the rear of mid-division by Frankie Dettori and made smooth progress to enter contention passing halfway. Gaining a slight advantage with a quarter mile to race, she was pushed out with mainly hands and heels from there as Squash produced a career-best to beat the rest. AShe=s done nothing but stay and it pays a huge compliment to Minding, who in my mind is the most impressive Fillies= Mile winner we=ve ever seen,@ trainer John Gosden said. AIt looked like they were going to come across to the rail as Frankie thought he was going to get well and truly boxed in, and he had to move from his gap. As soon as he said, > = @ Tuesday=s Craven sale session-topper by Invincible Spirit. The sire was Go , she took off. cont. p4 also responsible for the co-second highest-priced lot | Tattersalls By Emma Berry "Sire power takes you a long way," said Mark Dwyer after OPPENHEIM: THE DERBY PICTURE selling Tuesday's Tattersalls Craven Sale top lot, a son of Columnist Bill Oppenheim gives his top 10 for the KY Derby. Invincible Spirit (Ire) (lot 47), for 360,000gns to Jamie Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. McCalmont. The colt out of the speedy listed winner Loch Jipp (Belong To Me) was on plenty of shopping lists, but both John Ferguson and Stephen Hillen had to give best to McCalmont, who was buying on behalf of the Coolmore team. "I'm not sure who will train him," said McCalmont. "He was just a lovely colt and a really powerful-looking individual who wasn't fazed by anything here today." Dwyer, who offered the colt through his Oaks Farm Stables for Highbank Stud, having bought him as a yearling for 150,000gns at Book 1 of the October Sale, added, "He breezed particularly well and had coped very well with his prep. The more he did the better he got. I don't know how many times he showed, but he never put a foot wrong and you love to see that in a horse." A relatively slow start to the opening session gave way to a frenetic patch of activity towards the end of the day's trade which boosted both the aggregate and average figures. cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 2 of 10 $ THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY, 13 APRIL 2016 Craven Sale report cont. from p1 Rob Speers, buying on behalf of Araci, said of the relation to Turnover was up by 7% at 3,547,500gns, while the average Grade I winners Denon and Aldebaran, "This horse has a proper improved by 19% to 95,878gns. With 37 of the 51 lots offered stallion's pedigree and is from a family we know well. In fact, we being marked as sold, the clearance rate was up one point at were the underbidders on Le Juge when he sold as a yearling at 73%, but the median dropped to Arqana." 60,000gns, a reduction of 8%. He continued, "We hope that he's Dwyer's assessment of sire power more a Classic type of horse rather was clearly widely shared, as than a Royal Ascot 2-year-old, and another Invincible Spirit colt ended we won't be in a rush with him. This the opening session of the sale as has been a lucky sale for us: we the joint-second highest price at bought Native Khan (Fr) here, who 320,000gns after Ibrahim Araci won the Craven S. and was placed took on trainer David Le Menuisier in the Guineas, and also [Group 3 for lot 55, this time from Norman winner] Chigun (GB), so we've had Williamson's Oak Tree Farm in two proper group horses from the Ireland. sale so far." The colt also has a listed-winning There's nothing like a decent dam in Mambo Light (Kingmambo), Ibrahim Araci | Tattersalls winner at a major meeting to stir an who was Group 3-placed in owner's spirits, and Terentrum Star Germany and has produced two winners from her three runners (Fr) (Dutch Art {GB}) provided a nice boost for Tengku Abdal to date, including Le Juge (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), who recently Rahman at Newmarket on Tuesday afternoon. Several hours claimed his second victory on the bounce at Chantilly for Andre later, the successful owner added to Kevin Ryan's string when Fabre and the Coolmore partners of John Magnier, Derrick buying lot 17, a son of Zoffany (Ire) out of the Entrepreneur (GB) Smith and Michael Tabor. mare Flying Flag (Ire) for 320,000gns. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 3 of 10 $ THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY, 13 APRIL 2016 The colt had been an expensive pinhook for Brendan Holland SESSION TOPPERS at 175,000gns last October but Ryan, who buys in partnership with Stephen Hillen, has trained two Group 1 winners from past TATTERSALLS CRAVEN SALE--DAY ONE consignments of Holland's Grove Stud in The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) and Astaire (Ire) (Intense Focus), and Top Five Colts said he is pleased with his latest addition. He said, "We've Lot Sex Sire Dam Price (gns) bought him for Mr Rahman, who has raced some nice horses, 47 c Invincible Spirit (Ire) Loch Jipp 360,000 including [Group 2 winner] Bapak Chinta. This colt is a fantastic breeze video (150,000gns yrl >15 TATOCT) individual and he did a lovely breeze, but he hasn't been bought B-Highbank Stud LLP as a 2-year-old. We'll give him a holiday now. He'll have a month Consigned by Oaks Farm Stables off and we'll bring him back for the autumn. Mr Rahman goes Purchased by Jamie McCalmont with the flow and this horse is a nice 3-year-old prospect. In my 55 c Invincible Spirit (Ire) Mambo Light 320,000 view he was the nicest in the sale." breeze video Eight individuals sold for six-figure sums during the session, (i120,000 yrl >15 ARQAUG) including Mocklershill's More Than Ready colt (lot 46), who was B-Mr. R. Shaykhutdinov bought by Simon Crisford to race for Sheikh Hamdan Al Consigned by Oak Tree Farm Maktoum. Purchased by Rob Speers "He breezed well and we liked him a lot," said the trainer of 17 c Zoffany (Ire) Flying Flag (Ire) 320,000 the first foal of the Street Cry (Ire) mare Limonar (Ire), who won breeze video (50,000gns wnl >14 TATDEC; 175,000gns yrl >15 TATOCT) the Listed Prix B-Agricola Del Parco Coronation for Carlos Consigned by Grove Stud Laffon-Parias and is Purchased by Hillen & Ryan out of a half-sister to 46 c More Than Ready Limonar (Ire) 220,000 G1 Irish 2000 breeze video Guineas winner B-St. Elias Stables LLC Bachelor Duke Consigned by Mocklershill (Miswaki). "It's a Purchased by Shadwell Estate Company young family and 39 c Helmet (Aus) Kathy=s Rocket 210,000 she's good mare. breeze video Hopefully he'll be Simon Crisford | Racing Post (15,000gns yrl >15 TATOCT) B-Kassala Limited good enough to take us to all the fancy races in fancy places." Consigned by Bansha House Stables The pinhooking result of the evening went to Con Marnane of Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock Bansha House Stables, whose scrutiny of the Book 3 catalogue at last year's October Sale reaped dividends when his 15,000gns outlay on a Helmet (Aus) colt out of Texan stakes winner Kathy's Top Three Fillies Rocket (Gold Legend) was given a major boost when John Lot Sex Sire Dam Price (gns) 59 f Exceed and Excel (Aus) Mi Anna (Ger) 155,000 Ferguson decided to add him to Godolphin's horses in training. breeze video Alex Elliott and David Redvers also tried for the late April colt B-Aston House Stud (lot 39) by the Darley shuttle stallion but, with Helmet having Consigned by Church View Stables two winners on the board already in the colours of Sheikh Purchased by David Redvers Bloodstock Mohammed's son Sheikh Hamdan, Ferguson was determined in 53 f Invincible Spirit (Ire) Malikayah (Ire) 90,000 his attempt to secure the professional breezer, going to breeze video 210,000gns in the process. A good evening for Marnane saw B-Irish National Stud seven juveniles sold for a total of 580,000gns. Consigned by Bansha House Stables Redvers later gained some consolation when buying the Purchased by BBA Ireland top-priced filly of the day, lot 59, an Exceed And Excel (Aus) 63 f Helmet (Aus) Miss Brief (Ire) 80,000 half-sister to German champion Mi Emma (Ger) (Silvano {Ger}), breeze video (95,000gns RNA yrl >15 TATOCT) for 155,000gns from Church View Stables. B-Edmond Kent The sale continues after racing today at 6 p.m. Consigned by Ballyhampshire Stud Purchased by Michael O=Callaghan/Essafinaat TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 4 of 10 $ THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY, 13 APRIL 2016 will be one way or the other.@ Dettori added, AAll her runs have been on soft and she had the best form, but I made my move a bit sooner than I wanted to and got her racing too early, so her class got her through.