CHROME and ARROGATE GO HEAD to HEAD AGAIN the First Ever Gr.1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Will Take Place This Evening
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SATURDAY, 28TH JANUARY 2017 Free Eagle EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU SALES TALK | STAKES RESULT | TIMEFORM TABLE | STAKES FIELDS TODAY’S HEADLINES RACING PREVIEW CHROME AND ARROGATE GO HEAD TO HEAD AGAIN The first ever Gr.1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational will take place this evening. The race, run over nine furlongs on the dirt, will be held at Gulfstream Park in Florida, where a 110-foot statue of the mythical winged-stallion stands. With a purse of twelve million dollars, it will surpass the Dubai World Cup as the world’s richest horse race. Under the rules, twelve shareholders each pay $1 million to purchase a position, they then have the right to enter, lease, contract, or sell their place. Tonight the world’s two highest-rated horses will go head to head; Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Arrogate (Unbridled’s Presenting (Mtoto), who has just turned 25, with manager Song) is drawn in stall one. Owned by Juddmonte Farms and Donal White and former jockey Brian Crowley at Rathbarry’s trained by Bob Baffert, the four-year-old is unbeaten in his last five Glenview Stud on the opening day of the Irish Stallion Trail starts, most recently when defying California Chrome by half a length in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Classic. The two will renew their rivalry once more with the seven-time Gr.1 winner drawn in stall twelve. The son of Lucky Pulpit has a race under his belt since To view EBN’s official ITM Stallion Arrogate ended his six-race unbeaten run, cruising to a twelve- Trail supplement, click HERE length victory over eight and a half furlongs in Los Alamitos. CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 RACING PREVIEW ~ SALES TALK EBN: SATURDAY, 28TH JANUARY 2017 Keen Ice (Curlin) could be the one to challenge the big two. He There are three colts by Frankel (ex Gr.3 winner Precious was third in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Classic, albeit some eleven Lorraine, Listed winner Lovetorn, and a half-brother to Gr.1 lengths back, but he could yet produce one more big performance, winner Fenway), two colts and one filly by leading USA sire Tapit, the kind that saw him become the only horse to beat the great a filly by Sea The Stars (out of Gr.3 winner Ready To Lift) and a American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) during his three-year- colt by Shamardal. old campaign. Snitzel is the leading stallion overall with 44 progeny, ahead of Redoute’s Choice (36), Sebring (35), Pierro (33), Fastnet Rock (27) and Medaglia D’Oro (26). SALES TALK Ten First Season Sires are also represented; Zoustar, Fiorente, Dundeel, Shamus Award, Camelot, Dawn Approach, Declaration INGLIS Of War, The Factor, Fighting Sun and Epaulette. Of the 480 Lots to be offered, 146 Lots are out of Stakes-winning mares, including 22 Gr.1 winners and first foals from Samaready, Secret Admirer, Gondokoro and Steps In Time, and 304 Lots EBN Sales Talk Click here to is brought to contact IRT, or contain black-type in the first dam. you by IRT visit www.irt.com Arrowfield is the leading vendor with 51 Lots, followed by Widden (36) and Coolmore (32). With Arrowfield’s star stallions Snitzel and Redoute’s Choice INGLIS AUSTRALIAN EASTER SALE leading the numbers, as well as strong representations of many of their other stallions such as Animal Kingdom, Dundeel, Medaglia CATALOGUE AVAILABLE ONLINE D’Oro and Smart Missile, chairman John Messara is thrilled with The 2017 Australian Easter Yearling Sale catalogue is now the draft “We have a very strong draft of 51 yearlings for Easter, available online. which has something for everyone,’’ Messara said, “It promises to be There are 129 siblings to Stakes winners, including 39 Gr.1 a good sale.’’ winners such as Flying Artie, Extreme Choice, Divine Prophet, Inglis National Bloodstock Manager Jonathan D’Arcy described Yankee Rose, Shooting To Win, Able Friend, Werther, the catalogue as “Truly world class and representative of the Preferment, Abbey Marie, English, Shamus Award, Dundeel enormous investment that Australasian breeders have put into the and Star Witness. bloodstock industry over the past ten years.’’ Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Mathieu Legars or Jason Walsh Tel: 353-52 6131298. David Magnier, Tom Gaffney, Joe Hernon or Cathal Murphy Tel: 353-25 31966. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) 44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.coolmore.com All stallions nominated to EBF. 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 SALES TALK EBN: SATURDAY 28TH JANUARY 2017 Supported by: Al Basti TOP LOTS AL BASTI EQUIWORLD - DUBAI Equiworld OBS WINTER MIXED SALE – DAY TWO Lot Sex Sire – Dam/Name (Sire) Vendor Purchaser Price ($) 490 yc YES IT’S TRUE – Datttcatsgotrhythm Select Sales Zachary Kilgus 28,000 473 yc HANDSOME MIKE – Clever Dancer Beth Bayer Patriot Racing 22,000 485 yc KANTHAROS – Daddy’s Honor Summerfield Will Brewer 22,000 674 yf UNCAPTURED – Red Pine Perrone Sales P A Everard 21,000 699 3f FROSTY NIGHTMARE (City Zip) Beth Bayer Kenneth Davis 18,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS Inglis also announced the launch of the new Chairman’s Sale, consisting of two parts. Part one, the Elite Racing Prospects, will SALES TALK continued take place before the Easter Sale and will offer the opportunity to purchase all or a percentage of selected runners entered in The OBS Championships to be conducted over the following two Saturdays at Royal Randwick. The second part, Elite Breeding Prospects, will take place after YES IT’S TRUE COLT TOPS DAY TWO the main Easter Sale and will offer breeding prospects on or off OF WINTER MIXED SALE the track, broodmares in foal, as well as stallion shares or breeding The second and final day of the OBS Mixed Winter Sale got underway rights and select foals. on Thursday, where 177 horses sold for a total of $677,700, down The timetable is as follows; significantly from the 163 lots that brought in $1,179,300 in 2016. Thursday 30th March: The average of $3,829 was down from $7,235 last year and the The Chairman’s Sale – Elite Racing Prospects (Newmarket) median also suffered, dropping from $4,000 to $2,000. Saturday 1st April: On the day a yearling colt, Lot 490, by Yes It’s True topped the Day One – The Championships (Royal Randwick) sale, going for $28,000 to Zachary Kilgus. He is out of the Tale Of Tuesday 4th – Thursday 6th April: The Cat mare Datttcatsgotrhythm, a half-sister to the Gr.2- Australian Easter Yearling Sale (Newmarket) placed Tenfold (Tiznow), from the family of the Gr.3 winner and Friday 7th April: sire Mayorazgo. Select Sales was the consigner. The Chairman’s Sale The second-highest price was paid for Lot 473, a yearling colt Elite Breeding and Weanling Prospects (Newmarket) by Handsome Mike, out of the juvenile winner Clever Dancer Saturday 8th April: (Old Fashioned), who is out of the Stakes winner Asheville Day Two – The Championships (Royal Randwick) (Clever Trick), from the family of the Gr.1 winner and sire Valley Monday 10th – Wednesday 12th April: Crossing. Consigned by Beth Bayer, Patriot Racing went to Australian Weanling and Broodmare Sale (Newmarket). $22,000 for the colt. Will Brewer also paid $22,000 for Lot 485, a colt by Kantharos, out of the Listed-placed Daddy’s Honor (The Daddy), from the family of the Stakes winner and multiple Listed-placed Fortune www.bloodstocknews.eu Forty Four (Fortunate Prospector). BOUTIQUE BOARDING FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR YOUR MARE MANISTER HOUSE STUD Croom, Co. Limerick, Ireland Luke Barry t: +00 353 87 7513590 | e: [email protected] La Collina • Law Enforcement • Lolly for Dolly • Whiteoak • Grandioso • Wicklow Brave CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 SALES TALK ~ STALLION NEWS ~ STAKES RESULT EBN: SATURDAY, 28TH JANUARY 2017 Carl Bennett, the filly is out of the Harlan’s Holiday mare Miss Doc Holiday. Normandy Invasion broke his maiden by nine and a half lengths, before going on to finish runner-up by a nose in the Gr.2 DAY TWO STATISTICS ($) Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct on his next start. At three, the son of 2017 % 2016 Tapit closed strongly to finish second in the Gr.1 Wood Memorial Sold 177 163 at Aqueduct, and later was fourth in the Gr.1 Kentucky Derby. Aggregate 677,700 -42 1,179,300 He is out of the Boston Harbor mare Boston Lady, who is a Average 3,829 -47 7,235 half-sister to the Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes-placed Cordoba (El Median 2,000 -50 4,000 Gran Senor) and the winner Stormy Gal (Storm Cat; dam of the Gr.3 winner Derrianne and the Stakes-placed Present Danger). CUMULATIVE STATISTICS ($) This is the family of the Gr.2 winners Gulls Cry (Sea Bird) and 2017 % 2016 Nemain (Alleged). Sold 326 361 Aggregate 2,970,700 -35 4,597,600 Average 9,113 -28 12,736 STAKES RESULT Median 4,500 -25 6,000 Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com Going Fifty Years Places? Flying Horses The highest-priced non yearling at $18,000 was Lot 699, a three-year-old full-sister to the Gr.1 Carter Handicap winner [email protected] ~ www.bba-ireland.ie Bustin Stones (City Zip), out of Shesasurething (Prospectors Gamble), a half-sister to Stakes winner Ryan’s Moment (Recognized).