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EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS WEDNESDAY, 25TH MARCH 2015 – TWELVE PAGES For more information • T: +44 (0)1638 666512 • F:+44 (0)1638 666516 • [email protected] • www.bloodstocknews.eu mile on his fourth start. The son of Smart Strike beat last Today’s Headlines season’s Listed Prix des Sablonnets winner Jolly Good Kitten (Kitten’s Joy) by a length, for an American-bred RACING REVIEW one-two, with Grand Argentier (Palace Episode) a further length and a quarter away in third. Green Sweet is also likely to be Classic-bound, but HAVRE’S AMARANTE AND connections will decide later whether to run him again before the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains. GREEN SWEET STRIKE A Wertheimer homebred, he is the first runner out of the Saint-Cloud staged two Listed races for three-year-olds dual Listed winner Only Green (Green Desert), who is a yesterday. The Listed Prix La Camargo over a mile for half-sister to the Gr.1 Prix Maurice de Gheest and Gr.1 Prix fillies went to Sainte Amarante. The daughter of Le de la Foret winner Occupandiste (Kaldoun; dam of the Havre, for whom she was her sire’s seventh Stakes Group winners Impressionante and Only Answer). His winner, quickened clear of her rivals in the closing stages second dam is a half-sister to the Gr.1 winners Mehthaaf to win in good style by three lengths from Pitmore (More (Nureyev) and Elnadim (Danzig), later a leading sprint sire, Than Ready) and Nouvelle Vague (Henrythenavigator). and his fourth dam is the great Fall Aspen (Pretense). Unplaced on her debut in December at Deauville, Sainte Amarante made amends next time out in January at the same track, scoring by three parts of a length on her only Racing News other start. Trainer Yves de Nicolay revealed after the race that his charge has two choices; either the Gr.3 Prix de la Grotte BRITAIN and then the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches or the Gr.3 Prix Vanteaux followed by the Gr.1 Prix de Diane. 74 GO FORWARD FOR Owned and bred by Ecurie A B U, she is out of Loyal Lass (Cadeaux Genereux), a daughter of Fadaki Hawaki 2015 GRAND NATIONAL (Vice Regent), who is a half-sister to the Gr.3 Cornwallis There are 74 horses going forward for the £1-million Gr.3 Stakes winner and Gr.1 sire Mujadil (Storm Bird) and the Grand National at Aintree following yesterday’s multiple Gr.2 winner, Gr.1-placed and sire Fruits Of Love scratchings stage. Last year 73 went forward at this point (Hansel). in time and 57 in 2013. A maximum of 40 runners can line Earlier on the same card, the Freddie Head-trained up for the 168th running of the world’s most famous Green Sweet followed up his conditions win last year at steeplechase at 4.15pm on Saturday, 11th April. this venue with victory in the Listed Prix Omnium II over a One of the main talking points this year is the LeHavre SAINTE AMARANTE by Classic sire LE HAVRE, wins the Listed Prix de La Camargo (1600m) at Saint Cloud by 3 lengths! Now favourite for the Gr.1 French Guineas. Congratulations to all the connections! SYLVAIN VIDAL MATHIEU ALEX +33 (0)6 20 99 10 15 LA CAUVINIÈRE +33 (0)6 26 59 19 18 [email protected] www.lacauviniere.com [email protected] 1 EBN Wednesday, 25th March 2015 RACING NEWS participation of A P McCoy for the final time in the race, which he won on Don’t Push It (Old Vic) in 2010. IRELAND At the moment, he is expected to partner the favourite, Shutthefrontdoor (Accordion), who, like Don’t Push It, is STUCCODOR ATTEMPTS BACK TO also owned by J P McManus and trained by Jonjo O’Neill in Gloucestershire. BACK IRISH LINCOLNSHIRES McCoy, who is about to win his 20th and final jockeys’ The Dermot Weld-trained Stuccodor (Modigliani) tops the championship, will break another record if participating. weights for the Irish Lincolnshire on the opening day of the Last year he equalled the record for the most rides, 19, new flat season, which gets underway at the Curragh on matching Tom Olliver, who was successful three times Sunday afternoon. Last year’s winner is the highest rated of (1842, 1843 and 1853). 29 horses that remain in the race at the five-day entry stage The weights continue to be headed by the Jim Culloty- which include four British entries. trained Lord Windermere (Oscar) on 11st 10lb. The nine- Ger Lyons is responsible for three of the runners, year-old won the Gr.1 Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2014 and including Unsinkable (Verglas), who is the current could bid to become only the third horse to win both races favourite and is due to have only his second start for the following Golden Miller and L’Escargot. County Meath-based trainer in the prestigious €100,000 Six of the first seven horses home in last year’s race handicap, having won at Leopardstown last October. remain engaged, headed by the victorious Dr Richard The Gr.3 Lodge Park Stud EBF Park Express Stakes Newland-trained Pineau De Re (Maresca Sorrento). The features on Sunday’s opening Curragh fixture and some of 2014 Philip Hobbs-trained runner-up Balthazar King the stand out fillies that could contest this race include (King’s Theatre), fourth Alvarado (Goldmark), fifth Dermot Weld’s Afternoon Sunlight (Sea The Stars), the Rocky Creek (Dr Massini), sixth Chance Du Roy Tommy Stack-trained Alive Alive Oh (Duke Of (Morespeed) and seventh Monbeg Dude (Witness Box) Marmalade) and Paul Deegan’s course and distance also go forward. winner Avenue Gabriel (Champs Elysees). Curragh-based trainer Deegan is looking forward to EBN on Twitter starting Avenue Gabriel off the season. “Avenue Gabriel has wintered very well, she finished last year on a great Follow us note winning a Listed race at Naas and I think there is plenty more to come from her,” Deegan said. @bloodstocknews “She’s a dual Listed winner and this looks an obvious race for her and a lovely starting point and she definitely 2 EBN Wednesday, 25th March 2015 RACING NEWS • INDUSTRY NEWS goes there with a chance, although she’ll come on for the trainer and that it would be fitting at our first meeting of run like most of them will at this stage of the year.” the season to acknowledge that with the race and we look Deegan will also be represented by Aussie Valentine forward to seeing her back.” (Aussie Rules) in the Lincoln and he is hopeful that a Hensey is currently describing the ground as “yielding” wind-operation may see him run a big race. and he commented; “We’re looking at mostly dry weather, “He sneaks in at the bottom of the handicap, he’s a two- with some showers on Wednesday and maybe Saturday time winner and we’ve done a wind-op on him and that morning, but generally it is to be cold and dry and seems to have worked, but we’ll know more after the obviously it depends on how much rain falls, but I expect weekend and the stiff mile should suit him.” the ground to be yielding for Sunday.” The action gets underway with the Tally-Ho Stud two- year-old maiden, which has been won by some nice types Industry News in the past, including Dawn Approach and his trainer Jim Bolger has entered a Godolphin-owned colt called Tribal Beat (Street Cry), while the sole Aidan O’Brien entry for the IRELAND race is a filly called Californiadreaming (Fastnet Rock). What is now an annual event at the opening Curragh INCREASED FUNDING FOR meeting, O’Brien will also have a big team of horses to gallop after racing on Sunday and manager Paul Hensey POINT-TO-POINT SECTOR expects some of his biggest names to be on show. Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) yesterday announced an “Aidan O’Brien has booked in a big team of horses to increase of 16% in funding for the point-to-point sector, gallop after racing and I suspect they will include many of bringing the total to €1.495m for the year 2015. the favourites for this season’s Classic races,” Hensey said. The increase will be retrospective to 30th December Looking ahead to Sunday’s opening meeting, he added; 2014 and from that date, grants paid to hunt clubs running “This is the start of a very significant year for us at the point-to-points will be increased from €2,500 per fixture to Curragh, as we’ll have the 150th running of the Irish Derby in €3,500. With effect from 1st September 2015, the grant June and it’s terrific to be starting back with what looks to be will be increased by a further €1,000 to €4,500 per fixture. a strong and very competitive looking Irish Lincolnshire.” In addition, HRI will provide prize money grants of €800 The Curragh will also be honouring former trainer per race for all point-to-point races and funding of Joanna Morgan, with the six-furlong handicap being €480,000 to the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase named in her honour. “We felt that Joanna had a long Committee (INHSC) of the Turf Club towards the cost of association with the Curragh both as a jockey and as a providing integrity services at point to points. 3 EBN Wednesday, 25th March 2015 INDUSTRY NEWS The total funding provided by HRI for point-to-points in 2015 is made up as follows: NEW SIRES IN EUROPE IN 2015 € Point to Point Prize money – 598,000 (by European 2YO Thoroughbred Rankings) Point to Point Grants to Hunt Clubs – €412,000 Point to Point Integrity Costs – €480,000 1 WAR COMMAND 119 Point to Point Insurance – €5,000 - NO NAY NEVER 119 Total €1,495,000 3KINGSBARNS 118 In addition, through its subsidiary Irish Thoroughbred 4AUSTRALIA 117 Marketing (ITM), HRI will continue to support the - Olympic Glory 117 promotion and sale of point-to-point horses.

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