Spate of Smart Winners Signals a Big Year Ahead for King Power Racing
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Racing Post Tuesday, April 2, 2019 15 @rpbloodstock @racingpostbloodstockofficial @racingpostbloodstock Spate of smart winners signals a big year ahead for King Power Racing GETTY IMAGES by Le Havre has been named TAKING Possible Man. STOCK Belle Josephine, who was bought by King Power at last Martin Stevens on year’s London Sale in the weeks after her son Mildenberger had the rich vein of form won the Feilden Stakes and run of the late second in the Dante, has Leicester City produced a colt from the Siyouni cover she was carrying owner’s at the time of the auction. She operation now heads for a date with Frankel. The most recent addition to EEDS of success sown King Power’s nascent by the late Leicester broodmare band is the City chairman Vichai Listed-winning and Srivaddhanaprabha S Group 3-placed Dream Ahead have sprouted green mare Tisbutadream. shoots in recent days, with five The five-year-old was bought promising three-year-old for £400,000 at the 2017 winners having represented his London Sale and went on to King Power Racing enterprise score in the Listed Coral Distaff since Thursday. and achieve podium finishes in The operation’s increasingly the Valiant Stakes, Prix de familiar blue and white silks Lieurey, Atalanta Stakes and – already carried to big-race Rosemary Stakes in the success by the likes of Beat The following months. Bank, Donjuan Triumphant and Her value also increased that Morando – were borne by the year when her half-sister Andrew Balding-trained Fox Persuasive beat the colts to Leicester (by Dark Angel) and Doncaster scorer Bangkok is set to run in a Derby trial; (right) the late Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha land the Queen Elizabeth II Rux Power (Kingman) to Stakes. wide-margin victories at Donald added. “We’re kicking “Rux Power could make up Leicester City marked what Now retired, Tisbutadream Chelmsford last week. TODAY’S on as we were before.” PLUS 10 RACES into a Sandringham filly, Fox would have been their owner’s has been scanned in foal to They were followed by a All five of King Power’s +10 Leicester perhaps the Britannia, 61st birthday by treating fans Coolmore’s phenomenal treble at Doncaster’s Lincoln recent winners on the track Musselburgh 2.15 Fox Champion the Britannia or to free beer, water and champion sire Galileo. meeting at the weekend, with were partnered by the Wolverhampton (AW) 7.00 Jersey Stakes and Good cupcakes at the club’s home The nature of the Bangkok (Australia) operation’s newly retained Birthday a mile and a half game against Bournemouth last Srivaddhanaprabha family’s impressing in a 1m2f maiden, jockey Silvestre de Sousa, and about development for King race,” he added. Saturday. continued participation in Fox Champion (Kodiac) Donald added: “The retainer Power, we had two-year-olds “We always held Bangkok in As King Power Racing goes racing has been the subject of making all in a 7f novice was something Aiyawatt’s and older horses, but very few high regard, and hopefully we’ll from strength to strength on speculation since Vichai’s stakes and Good Birthday father had started to put in three-year-olds. Now, however, find out if we’ve got a Derby the track, the operation is also death last year as King Power (Dabirsim) catching the eye place, and he’s come in and the foundations are in place, horse by running him in a trial. laying down roots as a breeder. Racing has been a big player in with a stylish win in a 1m2f carried out his wishes. the structure of the portfolio is He was a little bit unlucky last the top end of the bloodstock handicap. “Silvestre has made an much better and things should year, but we always put him ALDOVINA, the dam market, having arrived “It’s certainly a good start to excellent start and rode the start rolling.” near the top of our lists. of Queen Mary spectacularly on the scene by the season,” said Alastair horses extremely well. It should The past week’s five winners “For most of those recent Stakes winner Ceiling splashing out on six horses, Donald yesterday. The be an exciting year for the new have Royal Ascot as their winners there was a sense of B Kitty bought for including the smart Beat The bloodstock agent oversaw the relationship – he’ll have the long-range targets, the meeting relief, as they produced what £300,000 when in Bank and Tisbutadream, at racing interests of Thai opportunity to get on some being “the big focus of the we’d been expecting. There are foal to Le Havre along with her the Goffs London Sale in businessman very nice horses for us. family’s attention”, according to lots of exciting horses who Muhaarar filly foal at the 2017 2017. Srivaddhanaprabha, who died “Last year was very much all Donald. haven’t run yet still to come Goffs London Sale, is due to in a helicopter crash at too.” foal to Frankel this week and Leicester’s King Power Stadium First-season sires with runners today in GB & Ireland The victory of Good Birthday will visit Galileo later in the HORSE PLAY ANSWERS Easy as 1-2-3 1. 2 (Manifesto & last October. Sire Progeny Race carried an additional tinge of season. “It’s the intention of Vichai’s Brazen Beau Coast Ofalfujairah ....................................... Musselburgh 2.15 poignancy as the colt was given The Muhaarar filly, now two, Red Rum) 2. 1953 son Aiyawatt to carry on his Brazen Beau Proper Beau................................................. Musselburgh 2.15 his name because he shares his is in training with Ceiling 3. The Lincoln father’s legacy and maintain Cable Bay Electric Ladyland ....................................... Lingfield (AW) 2.30 actual birthday – April 4 – with Kitty’s handler Tom Dascombe, In which year? 2011 (Nacarat) Ivawood War Of Clans ............................................... Musselburgh 2.15 what he had put in place,” Muhaarar Baileys Freedom........................................... Musselburgh 2.15 Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. while the mare’s yearling colt All mixed up Jimmy Frost IT’S A BREEZE WHEN… NEXT BREEZE-UP SALE: TATTERSALLS IRELAND ASCOT, ...THERE HAVE ...OVER 290 ...OVER 121 ...OVER 50% BEEN 18 G1 GROUP RACE 2YO WINNERS BREEZE-UP 3 APRIL 2019 WINNERS WINNERS IN 2018 GRADUATES SINCE 2014 SINCE 2009 ARE WINNERS WWW.BREEZEUPWINNERS.COM.