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APPLEBY: BLUE POINT BLUE HEN AUSTRALIAN STUD AND A ‘CARBON COPY SCANDINAVIA STABLE STAFF AWARDS OF SHAMARDAL’ DIES AT 25 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED - PAGE 2 - PAGE 14 - PAGE 12 Wednesday, May 20, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australiasian bloodstock industry subscribe for free: Click here DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX EVERY MORNING Only 12 active Australian stallions have recorded V200+ winners & $20 million+ over the last 4 years … just one of them stands in Victoria! MAGNUS SNITZEL I AM INVINCIBLE LONHRO WRITTEN TYCOON FASTNET ROCK EXCEED AND Service Fee: EXCEL Logo (without secondary wording) $15,400 inc. GST No payment until live foal *Source: Arion Pedigrees - Australian statistics 1/08/2016-14/05/2020 PHIL MARSHALL - 0407 853 782 • ADAM HENRY - 0428 036 472 • ASH RICHARDS - 0416 334 338 [email protected] • sunstud.com.au Wednesday, May 20, 2020 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX EVERY MORNING Appleby: Blue Point a What's on ‘carbon copy of Shamardal’ Metropolitan meetings: Randwick - Kensington (NSW) Godolphin trainer lauds his best horse and believes he will be Race meetings: Ballarat (VIC), Sunshine popular with Victorian breeders Coast (QLD), Balaklava (SA), Pinjarra (WA) Barrier trials/ Jump-outs: Warrnambool (VIC), Horsham (VIC), Moe (VIC), Geelong (VIC) International meetings: Happy Valley (HK) INDUSTRY NEWS Australian Stud and Stable Staff Awards finalists announced Charlie Appleby and Blue Point RACING POST The finalists for the 2020 Australian Stud Four-time Group 1 winner Blue Point, and Stable Staff Awards, celebrating the BY ANDREW HAWKINS | @ANZ_NEWS who ended his career by emulating Choisir’s unsung heroes who dedicate their lives to rainer Charlie Appleby believes (Danehill Dancer) historic sprinting double Australia’s racing and breeding industries, were that his champion sprinter Blue at Royal Ascot by taking the King’s Stand announced last night. Point will be highly sought after Stakes (Gr 1, 5f) and the Diamond Jubilee Two finalists were named for each of the seven by Australian breeders, labelling Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) last year, will stand at categories - Leadership, Horsemanship, the theT bay as the potential second coming of his Darley’s Northwood Park farm in Seymour Australian Turf Club Dedication to Racing, super sire Shamardal (Giant’s Causeway) as the at a fee of $44,000 (inc GST). He has already the Magic Millions Dedication to Breeding, champion sprinter prepares to stand his first served one book at the operation’s Kildangan the Melbourne Racing Club Foundation season at stud in Victoria later this year. Stud in Ireland. Continued on page 2>> Administration and Ancillary, Newcomer and Thoroughbred Care and Welfare. FIRST SEASON SIRE RUNNERS - PAGE 25 | YESTERDAY'S RESULTS - PAGE 21 Industry News page 12 >> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Appleby: Blue Point a ‘carbon copy of Shamardal’ | 2 | Wednesday, May 20, 2020 << Continued from page 1 “If you wanted to have a carbon copy of a Shamardal, he is the closest you’re ever going to get to it at the moment,” Appleby told ANZ Bloodstock News from his Newmarket base. “We’ve been very lucky to have a lot of Shamardals go through our system. Like any good stallion, he does stamp his stock. “We were very lucky at the back end of last year, we got to see Shamardal and Blue Point both opposite one another in the stallion boxes at Kildangan and it certainly was a We’ve been mini me or a younger Shamardal, basically. Obviously, on the very lucky passing of Shamardal, I don’t think to have a lot of there’s any better horse out there Shamardals go that can hopefully fill his boots.” through our system. Shamardal died last month at Kildangan Stud at the age of 18, Like any good Shamardal DARLEY having begun his stallion career stallion, he does in the Hunter Valley in 2005 after To date, Shamardal has produced 146 individual stakes winners stamp his stock being retired mid-season in Europe. worldwide, including 25 Group 1 winners, with Able Friend, Captain - Charlie A winner of four Group 1 features, Sonador, Delectation, Faint Perfume and Maybe Discreet his Australian- Appleby including the Prix du Jockey Club bred Group 1 winners. Others of note include Lope De Vega, the sire of (Gr 1, 2100m), he served five Australian feature victors Santa Ana Lane, Gytrash and Vega Magic; Hong seasons in Australia in addition to Kong enigma Pakistan Star, and Appleby’s own hugely exciting prospect his 14 seasons at Kildangan. Pinatubo. 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New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com Appleby: Blue Point a ‘carbon copy of Shamardal’ | 4 | Wednesday, May 20, 2020 << Continued from page 2 Blue Point is one of only two sons career, from two to of Shamardal confirmed to be standing in Australia for the upcoming five. Bar his maiden breeding season, with Swettenham Stud’s Puissance De Lune the other. and his second start, a Yarradale Stud’s Gingerbread Man and Crackerjack King for Wyndholm novice which he won Park are others who are likely to be confirmed for the 2020 season. by 11 lengths with Appleby is busily preparing for the return of British racing next month James McDonald up with a team that includes last season’s champion two-year-old Pinatubo that day, he’s only ever (Shamardal) and 2018 Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winner Cross campaigned at Group Counter (Teofilo), among a raft of potential stars. However, it is clear that level.” Cross Counter SPORTPIX Blue Point is a horse close to his A sign of that Personally, heart, despite the fact it has been consistency is the fact that Blue Point only missed the top four twice in I think he’s almost a year since the galloper his career. He finished last of nine in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize (Gr 1, going to go down walked out of his Newmarket 1200m) in Hong Kong in 2018, with circumstances firmly against him well because he’s stables. throughout, while later that year he finished midfield as favourite in the just a horse that has “For me, his consistency was July Cup (Gr 1, 6f), with the colt appearing to travel too keenly over the pretty much second-to-none,” undulating Newmarket July course. an abundance of Appleby said. “Breaking his In addition to his four Group 1 wins, he was placed at Group 1 level natural pace. maiden on his first start and going four times, while he also won two Group 2 events and three Group 3s. - Charlie on throughout that first season as a While he broke through at Group 1 level as a four-year-old, taking the Appleby two-year-old and winning a Group King’s Stand Stakes for the first time, it was his five-year-old season where 2 and being placed in two Group he came of age. He won three races in Dubai, including the Al Quoz Sprint 1s subsequently. His hallmark is (Gr 1, 5f) on Dubai World Cup night, before he closed out his career with his consistency throughout his that famous Royal Ascot double. Continued on page 5>> mares358 in two seasons at Twin Hills: his name is staying Breed in lights Smart A Top 5 winner-getter for the second season running. At a far lower fee than any of the other leading sires. Smart Missile Twin $22,000 inc GST Olly Tait +61 (0)2 6942 2268 or +61 (0)487 170375 Hills [email protected] Katelyn Butler +61 (0)448 334236 [email protected] twinhillsstud.com Stud Follow us @anz_news | 4 | Brought to you by Appleby: Blue Point a ‘carbon copy of Shamardal’ | 5 | Wednesday, May 20, 2020 << Continued from page 4 “We were lucky enough with him that Harry Angel retired the year before and that allowed us to keep him in training that extra year,” Appleby said. “As we all know, nowadays, we don’t get to see these horses race up until their five-year-old year. He was one of the few that had come through the system that was still here at the age of five and therefore it allowed us to see him as the finished article. “His final start for us was quite something, achieving the Group 1 double at Royal Ascot in the King’s Stand and the Diamond Jubilee. I’m never going to be able to get away from that as the ultimate pinnacle of his career. “In Australia, you can back horses up quicker and you see it quite regularly at the Blue Point RACING POST top level, horses backing up quite quickly. We wouldn’t see it very often here.