The World's MONDAY, 14TH SEPTEMBER 2020 Yearling Sale SEPTEMBERSALE BEGINS SUNDAY 13 EBN SEPTEMBER.KEENELAND.COM EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU TODAY’S HEADLINES RACING REVIEW THUNDER ROLLS IN NATIONAL STAKES Thunder Moon may have arrived at the Gr.1 Vincent O’Brien National Stakes as one of the least experienced in the field, but the son of Zoffany, who had taken part in a barrier trial, dispatched his rivals in the manner of a much more experienced colt to triumph in style. Joseph O’Brien’s charge won his only previous start over yesterday’s course and distance of 7f at the Curragh in early August and was supplemented for yesterday’s Gr.1 contest. The race lost a little of its lustre when the Gr.2 winner Thunder Moon (Zoffany) capped a fine weekend for Joseph Battleground (War Front) was withdrawn due to a cough, but a O’Brien when winning the Gr.1 National Stakes at the quality field of ten remained. The start was slightly delayed by Curragh yesterday. © Caroline Norris Masen (Kingman), who was trotted up for the vet but, once given the green light, the colt ran freely just behind the leader Military Style (War Front), with Charterhouse (Charming Thought) also close up. The field raced in a close bunch through IN TODAY’S ISSUE... the early stages with the Gr.2 winner Mac Swiney (New Sales Talk p11 Approach) on the outside, but it was Master Of The Seas (Dubawi) who threw down the first serious challenge approaching Stakes Results p12 the two-furlong marker. Both Thunder Moon and the Gr.1 First Crop Sire Maidens p24 Phoenix Stakes winner Lucky Vega (Lope De Vega) were both all Over 15 years experience providing quality fencing solutions that stand the test of time Fencing ‘David and his team fenced the entire farm for us here All Weather Paddocks in Meadowcourt. We found s them professional to deal Lunge Rings with and their work is always finished to a high Internal Roadways standard.’ Kieran Lalor, Planning & Design Meadowcourt Stud David Watkins • T: +353 (0)87 989 2786 • E: [email protected] • www.watkinsequestrian.ie CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 RACING REVIEW EBN: MONDAY, 14TH SEPTEMBER 2020 dressed up with nowhere to go but, as a gap appeared, Declan McDonogh fired Thunder Moon through it and then wove his OO way between runners to hit the front. St Mark’s Basilica (Siyouni) T C TE N S challenged hard but the winner had flown and Thunder Moon U T U O scored by a length and a half. Wembley (Galileo) took second, a D M short head in front of St Mark’s Basilica, with Master Of The Seas settling for fourth, a further half a length away. Bred by the O’Brien family’s Whisperview Trading Ltd, the colt M carries the colours of Chantal Conseulo Regalado Gonzalez, O D having raced for Ann-Marie O’Brien when winning in August. U U T N S Thunder Moon is a half-brother to the Listed winner Table Rock, T E C O O T who races in Hong Kong as Anticipation, and the multiple winner Jaqen H’Ghar, both by Fastnet Rock, out of the unraced Sadler’s Wells mare Small Sacrifice, from the further family of the great Moyglare Stud family of Trusted Partner (Affirmed). SHALE TRIUMPHS IN MOYGLARE STUD STAKES Listen Up! Shale and Pretty Gorgeous have clashed three time now and the score now stands at two to one in favour of Shale, as the daughter of Galileo triumphed in the Gr.1 Moyglare Stud Stakes TATTERSALLS OCTOBER BOOK 1 at the Curragh yesterday. AND GOFFS ORBY YEARLING DRAFTS The pair met for the first time when Shale defeated Pretty Gorgeous (Lawman) in the Gr.3 Silver Flash Stakes at The best group of yearlings we’ve Leopardstown in early August, but Pretty Gorgeous turned the consigned“ in 20 years at Mount Coote tables next time out in the Gr.2 Debutante Stakes. ” In yesterday’s 7f contest, Snowfall (Deep Impact) and Mother And that coming from a farm which has produced Earth (Zoffany) disputed the early lead with Pretty Gorgeous the winners of 77 Black Type races since 2000! behind them on the rail after some early scrimmaging for position. The outsider Star Image (Sea The Stars) tracked the leaders in third, with Shale moving smoothly into contention at the halfway point. Ryan Moore urged her on with two furlongs to go and she swiftly tackled Mother Earth for the lead, with Pretty Gorgeous closing behind her. Entering the final furlong, it looked set for a ding-dong battle to the line, but, although Pretty Gorgeous pushed her rival to the finish, she could never quite get to her and Shale had three quarters of a length in hand at the line. Oodnadatta (Australia) finished third, a length and three quarters behind the runner-up. Bred by Coolmore and trained by Donnacha O’Brien, the beautifully-bred Shale is a full-sister to the Gr.2-placed juvenile Berkeley Square and the Listed-placed First Of Spring, as well as the winner Celtic High King. They are out of the Gr.1 1,000 MANUELA DE VEGA, sold as a yearling by Mount Coote Stud and winner of the Gr.2 Lancashire Oaks and Gr.3 Pinnacle Stakes in 2020. Mount Coote, Kilmallock, Co Limerick • Tel: +353 87 9195780 Shale (Galileo) turned the tables on Pretty Gorgeous (Lawman) to win the Gr.1 Moyglare Stud Stakes. MOUNT COOTE PRODUCES WINNERs © Caroline Norris Stakes 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 RACING REVIEW EBN: MONDAY, 14TH SEPTEMBER 2020 Guineas heroine Homecoming Queen (Holy Roman Emperor), herself a half-sister to the multiple Gr.1-winning middle-distance performer and sire Dylan Thomas and the top filly Queen’s Logic (Grand Lodge), as well as the Gr.1 Oaks runner-up Remember When (Danehill Dancer), dam of this year’s Gr.1 Derby victor Serpentine (Galileo). SEARCH FOR A SONG REPEATS THE DOSE IN IRISH ST LEGER December Search For A Song ground out a repeat victory in the Gr.1 Irish St Leger at the Curragh yesterday, having looked to be beaten with three furlongs to go. Mares The four-year-old daughter of Galileo, a homebred for Moyglare Stud Farm, waltzed home last year by two and a quarter lengths, but since then the filly has not enjoyed great luck. Sixth on her seasonal debut in the 1m2½f Gr.2 Mooresbridge Stakes, she was pulled up next time out when reportedly slipping on the bend in the Gr.3 Munster Oaks, but was third last time out in the Gr.1 Tattersalls Gold Cup. In yesterday’s 1m6f race, she was settled back in the pack as last year’s Gr.1 Irish Derby victor Sovereign (Galileo) set the pace, with Twilight Payment (Teofilo) prominent, along with the Ebor Handicap winner Fujaira Prince (Pivotal). It was the latter who made what looked like a winning move, taking the lead with the three furlongs to go, but Oisin Orr had Search For A Song stoked up and the filly slowly closed on the leader. As Twilight Payment rallied for a renewed challenge on the far side, Search For A Song reached the leader and slowly overhauled him, striding away to win by two lengths from Fujaira Prince, with Twilight Payment 28 Million Guineas+ a neck away in third. Mares Since 2014 Dermot Weld’s charge becomes the first consecutive winner of France 3, Ireland 2 the Irish St Leger since Weld’s Vinnie Roe won his second of four victories in 2002, although Order Of St George won it in 2015 In 2019 and 2017. 27 lots sold for 500k gns+ Search For A Song is a full-sister to the Listed winner and Gr.3- France 3, Ireland 0 placed Falcon Eight, and is a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner and sire Free Eagle (High Chaparral), the multiple Group winner Custom 34 lots sold for 400k gns+ Cut (Notnowcato), the Gr.2 winner Sapphire (Medicean) and France 6, Ireland 1 the Australian Gr.3 winner Valac (Dark Angel), out of the winning Danehill mare Polished Gem, from the top family of Trusted 81 lots sold for 200k gns+ Partner (Affirmed), also represented earlier on the card by the Ireland 3 Gr.1 National Stakes victor Thunder Moon (Zoffany). “The global thoroughbred industry congregates at Tattersalls in December.” OLLIE TAIT, TWIN HILLS STUD, AUSTRALIA BROODMARES, FILLIES & HORSES IN TRAINING, ETC. Nov. 30 – Dec. 3 ENTRIES CLOSE 14 September ENTER ONLINE www.tattersalls.com Search For A Song (Galileo) successfully defended her crown in the Gr.1 Irish St Leger. © Caroline Norris CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 BRITISH EBF STALLION SPECIAL MERIT AWARD PRESENTED AT THE TBA FLAT AWARDS 2020 Cable Bay “Cable Bay’s progeny attracted attention from the outset, commanding prices of up to 75,000gns as foals, a great return on his stud fee of £6,500. It is little wonder that Cable Bay’s progeny have made such an impact at two as he was a classy juvenile performer himself.” EBN AUGUST 2019 Night of Thunder “Night Of Thunder was himself a smart juvenile performer. His tally of winners includes 27 successes to date, for a strike rate of 58 per cent winners to runners, as well as four Stakes horses.” EBN SEPT 2019 Due Diligence “Due Diligence has rewarded his supporters with 17 individual winners of 25 races to date, for a strike rate of 39 per cent winners to runners.