Newsletter MONDAY, 17 JULY 2017
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Newsletter MONDAY, 17 JULY 2017 www.turftalk.co.za The David Allan Column The industry gathers in surely the loveliest pre-parade ring at Newmarket. Flying South between columns and a recommended dose of Acclamation MY “Bonus Friday Column” last week was written Sky. Horses keep us on the move… in Newmarket in the July Festival moments between the scramble of 06:30 work on the Heath, Friday’s article had included reference to certain sire some second looks at the sales before the 09:30 lines with which I would “flood” the South daily starts, and the long sales sessions with top African gene pool. I mentioned the Royal Applause/ class racing on The July Course in between. Acclamation/Dark Angel dynasty of stallions that is so successful at the speedier end of British and Irish Thank Heavens for the “breather” at the quality racing. professional event of the year for users of Darley Stallions and buyers of Godolphin stock, the Darley A few hours before my flight on Saturday night, Stallion Parade and Lunch at Dalham Hall with DARK ANGEL reinforced the prowess that the wall-to-wall lobster and a chance for the “industry” world acknowledges by siring the winner of the to relax together in a Wow situation, however many Darley July Cup Gr1, HARRY ANGEL, run on the times you’ve been before. third day of a meeting that surely attracts the most knowledgeable dressed-up crowd in the world. Now I am writing another article: as the Johannesburg sun starts to descend in the Sunday ROYAL APPLAUSE himself has faded through the 1 David Allan enjoyed wall- to-wall lobsters, or what he terms “a spot of sea food” at Newmarket Saturday, before having a chat with Joe Hernon of Coolmore- Castlehyde in the July Course Winners' Enclosure after ROLY POLY won the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes. DAVID ALLAN (...cont) ing rushed off to stud after a juvenile year with maybe Gr2 success in that quest for “cheap speed”. passage of time, but his son ACCLAMATION – OASIS DREAM – not cheap anything - won the July now 18 – has occupied a high position for a Cup at 3 bringing a superbly versatile female line, st number of years. He has been a consistently thus being able to sire them at all distances. Other 21 commercial sire who has rewarded breeders at the Century 3 year old winners are the late MOZART for sales whether selling to foal pinhookers or at year- Coolmore, SAKHEE’s SECRET (freakishly by ling sales. He commands a fee of €30,000 (having SAKHEE out of a SECRETO mare), DREAM been as high as €50,000) which is certainly not AHEAD a son of DIKTAT, ridden by Hayley Turner, “cheap speed”, the level at which many but not all and the brilliant MUHARAAR, a son of OASIS sprinters and juvenile achievers start at stud. DREAM who won the Gimcrack at York at 2 then 4 ACCLAMATION sits currently 10th in the general x Gr1s all at 3. He stands for Shadwell at sires list. £30,000.He’s not cheap speed either. His son DARK ANGEL sits 3rd, surpassed only by GALILEO and DUBAWI. As hot a commercial property as any stallion standing in UK and Ire- land, DARK ANGEL costs €65,000. He started off low. He started off young. He retired at 2. HARRY ANGEL beat the older LIMATO, last year’s winner, as well as the hitherto unbeaten CARAVAGGIO and the Royal Ascot winner THE TIN MAN. In so doing he provided a birthday celebration for Sheikh Mohammed who had purchased the colt privately after early success but left him in training with Clive Cox. Cox was winning the July Cup for the second time. And for the second time with a son of DARK Dark Angel, the investors’ sire. ANGEL. LETHAL FORCE had cost a mere €8,000 at the Tattersalls Ireland before DARK Good DARK ANGEL foals are bought by pinhookers ANGEL had really exploded, and had taken a bit these days for 100,000 pounds or euro. And they of time to win first time. But at 4, he won this make a profit. For investors, we got into DARK world class sprint and went to stud at Cheveley ANGEL buying a very strong colt just before the real Park where his fee has risen a little to £10,000 after bonanza with that sire. We paid 40,000 and he the popularity of some of his early sales stock. waltzed into Book 1. On the days leading up to the sale he could have been stronger behind – just a HARRY ANGEL is only 3. His father was already phase – but he brought £68,500 which if not a covering mares at that age, and is not alone in be- “proper touch” was a profit, all things taken into ac- 2 It took a great ride from brilliant horseman Adam Kirby but Harry Angel reversed the Commonwealth form and won the Darley July Cup. DAVID ALLAN (...cont) count. Now, we go to DARK ANGEL’s new son GUTAIFAN and have a seriously strong first crop colt foal out of a mare who has been a cash cow at the mid ranges. With South Africa’s predilection for speed, the high profile of GALILEO sometimes seems contradictory. Of course GALILEO – all about the Classic distance of a mile and a half - does sometimes come up with a brilliant miler. Sometimes “brilliant” is an understatement. One miler – FRANKEL – would probably have CLASSIFIEDS: FROM 30 PER DAY won the 6 furlong July Cup given half a chance. He belatedly stepped up to a mile and a quarter. Some Galileos like Ascot Stud’s GLOBAL VIEW have speed to burn in the pedigree, combining that attribute with serious Galileo-class. It has seemed to me that bringing progeny of Acclamation (or sons at stud Equiano, Dark Angel, Harbour Watch, new boy Mehmas) and Dark Angel (Lethal Force, Gutaifan, Alhebayeb) to South Africa would be a bright idea. South Africa has not embraced INVINCIBLE SPIRIT’s speed nfluences which are consistently at the top of the sires tables (fee €125,000) and he is already 20. Galileo is 19, after all. Let’s bring down the average age of our influences! We shall be working on the Acclamation lines for South Africa whether to race first or immediately as stallions, or as fillies and mares. Oh. By the way. If you did see that Friday article, you would see that the fact that DARK ANGEL’s damsire is MACHIAVELLIAN explains how his star could be so, so high. The obvious is rarely the best for purpose. - tt. 3 Trophy Wife (Lyle Hewitson), ran on strongly after a slow start to win the Queen Palm Stakes over 2400m from Forbidden Duel (obscured). (Pic: Candiese Marnewick). Unstoppable Tarry bags three more feature wins SEAN Tarry’s three feature wins at Greyville on Niekerk. Saturday took him to a personal and South African record 2011 winners in a single season, already two Tarry said: “She has her habits, like starting slowly, more than last season and with a realistic chance of but she relaxes in a race and on this performance we getting close to or even past the 220-winner mark may take our chances with her in the Gold Cup.” before the season ends on 31 August. “I can’t take all the accolades, Trophy Wife’s a top We mentioned at the end of the 2015/16 season that filly, she has run against the best fillies and she was it would take a mammoth effort to surpass his then well behaved today. I’ve ridden her a few times unequalled achievements, but no mission seems before, including in her comeback run in a sprint impossible for the Randjesfontein trainer who is against Carry On Alice, where she gave me a good operating at the peak of his powers. feel,” Hewitson said. Tarry won Saturday’s Gr1 Mercury Sprint with While Trophy Wife is likely to go to stud after the Bull Valley (discussed on website); also the Gold Cup, the Off To Stud winner Wukkin’ Up may R150,000 Queen Palm Stakes over 2400m with remain in training for a while. She took command of Trophy Wife and the Listed Off To Stud Stakes the race on the pace with Anton Marcus up, and kept over 1600m with Wukkin Up. going steadily for her sixth career win from only 12 trips to the racetrack. Summerhill-bred Wukkin’ Up Lyle Hewitson rode a fine race on slow-away Tro- is by the deceased Mullins Bay from a mare by phy Wife, the well-performed mare by Tiger Ridge Albarahin and Tarry said: “She’s got her black type, from Wilgerbosdrift Stud, owned by Chris van Nie- we’re happy!” - tt. 4 5 Winter at Vogel Vlei AT Vogel Vlei Stud near Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, Sid and son Colin Birch woke up to a typical winter’s morning on a Frankel’s big-striding son Finche, Gr2 winner. farm that has produced countless champions and is in “a process of revival” Well-related Finche wins under Colin, the latest generation Birch. This was taken from Vogel Vlei’s Twitter Gr2 over 2000m account. We haven’t seen frost like this on FINCHE, who was a debut winner going 1600m in Deauville the Highveld in a while - it’s all in a day’s on May 14, lined up for Gr2 Prix Eugene Adam over 2000m work for horses and horsemen in at Maisons-Laffite on Sunday.