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SATURDAY, 18TH FEBRUARY 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 FOSTERING FOCUS | INDUSTRY NEWS | RACING PREVIEW | TIMEFORM sister to the chase winners Colin’s Brother (Overbury) and I Am TODAY’S HEADLINES Colin (Zafeen), out of the hurdle winner Dd’s Glenalla (Be My Native). She is a half-sister to the bumper winner Glenalla Star NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW (Fidel) and two point-to-point winners. COLIN’S SISTER ROUTS RACING REVIEW RIVALS IN JANE SEYMOUR JEBEL ALI Five competed for the Gr.2 Jane Seymour Mares´ Novices´ Hurdle over two and a half miles, the feature race of the day at Sandown Park yesterday. Colin’s Sister was sent off the evens favourite MORAWIJ COMES OUT ON TOP and duly delivered, making it four from four over hurdles. She IN JEBEL ALI SPRINT raced in third under Paddy Brennan, as Happy Diva (King’s Morawij (Excceed And Excel) was beaten a nose by Mushir Theatre) set a steady pace. As the race began to heat up with (Oasis Dream) last time out over five furlongs at this track, but two flights left to take, the pair broke away from the rest of the he was giving him seven pounds. With the weights level, he was field. Happy Diva did not take it particularly well however, and able to reverse that form, battling gamely to defeat his old rival the winning daughter of Central Park landed in front. She went by a neck, with High On Life (Invincible Spirit) a further length on to open up a three length lead and, after taking the last back in third. steadily, went on to win by nine lengths from Happy Diva and Ms This was his fourth black-type success, all in Listed company. Parfois (Mahler) was a further length behind in third. He had won the Listed Dragon Stakes and the Listed Scurry This was her second black-type success, having won the Listed Stakes, both at Sandown Park, as a two and three-year-old Abram Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle before Christmas. She never respectively, when trained by Roger Varian. Since joining Dhruba managed to register a win in her five starts in National Hunt Flat Selvaratnam’s yard he has won four races, including this and the races, her best effort coming when a half-length-second in a 2016 running of the same race. Listed bumper at this track. Bred by Dunchurch Lodge Stud and twice a Tattersalls Owned and bred by Caroline Beresford-Wylie, she is a half- graduate, Morawij is out of Sister Moonshine (Piccolo), a half- CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 RACING REVIEW ~ INDUSTRY NEWS EBN: SATURDAY, 18TH FEBRUARY 2017 sister to the Gr.1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Donna Blini (Bertolini; dam of the Champion racemare and multiple Gr.1 winner Gentildonna and the dual Gr.3 winner and Gr.1-placed Donau Blue) and the Gr.3 Will Rogers Stakes winner Magical (Magic Ring). JEBEL ALI STAKES Ten went to post for this Listed race over nine and a half furlongs and Farrier and Forjatt (Iffraaj) were the favourite and second favourite at the off. Both drawn on the inside rail, they raced in mid-division and at the furlong and a half point it was a two horse race, but Farrier asserted himself in the final furlong to score by two and a quarter-lengths, with Shamaal Nibras (First Samurai) a further length and a quarter behind in third. Leading 1st crop sires in Europe in 2016 The son of Tapit earned his first black-type success, not for the (% W/R with 10 or more runners. Source: Hyperion Promotions) lack of trying however, as he finished second in black-type races Rk Sire Rnrs Wnrs % W/R in four of his last seven starts, including when beaten a length and a half by Tryster (Shamardal) in the Gr.1 Jebel Hatta. 1 REQUINTO 33 18 55% Bred by Winchell Thoroughbreds and a Keeneland September 2 Dragon Pulse 48 22 46% Yearling Sale graduate, he is a full-brother to the Gr.3 - Elzaam 35 16 46% Silverbulletday Stakes winner War Echo, and a half-brother to - Redoute’s Choice 24 11 46% the Gr.1 Forego Stakes winner and Japan-based sire Pyro and 5 Frankel 37 16 43% the Listed Oak Tree Handicap winner Longview Drive (both by Pulpit). INDUSTRY NEWS The son of Dansili remains on a fee of just €5,000 in 2017, which BRITAIN looks a real gift to breeders given CHELTENHAM TO UNVEIL STATUE his promise. RACING POST, 21 Dec OF THE CHAMP ON CHAMPION DAY Cheltenham Racecourse has announced that a statue of Sir Anthony McCoy will be unveiled on the opening day of The Festival, Tuesday, 14th March. The life-size bronze of the record-breaking legendary jockey will be situated on the Best Mate Plaza by the north entrance to the racecourse. It was crafted by Dublin-based sculptor Paul Ferriter, who boasts an extensive portfolio including the Gr.1 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner War Of Attrition and leading golfers. Record-breaking juvenile by DANSILI Ferriter also produced the statue of jockeys Martin and Tim Molony, which is situated at Limerick Racecourse. Out of G1 Phoenix Stakes & McCoy, who retired from the saddle at the end of the 2014/15 G2 Queen Mary Stakes winner DAMSON season, was the most successful jockey Jump racing has ever known. He was Champion Jump Jockey a record 20 times, taking the title every season between 1995/96 and 2014/15, and Yearlings in 2016 sold for partnered an incredible 4,358 winners during his career. His 31 successes at The Festival included two Cheltenham Gold up to €145,000 while foals Cups (1997 Mr Mulligan and 2012 Synchronised) as well as €76,000 three Gr.1 Champion Hurdles (1997 Make A Stand, 2006 Brave realised up to Inca and 2010 Binocular). McCoy said: “I last saw Paul’s work about seven weeks’ ago, just before it was about to get bronzed and it looked very, very good. I took some videos and showed them to friends who agreed that Paul has really captured my likeness. Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, “Some of my friends were wondering whether the statue was Mathieu Legars or Jason Walsh Tel: +353-52-6131298. David Magnier, Tom Gaffney, Joe Hernon or going to be the old or new me - the 10 stone one or the 12 stone one! Cathal Murphy. Tel: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) Tel: +44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.coolmore.com Paul has done really well in sculpturing me as a jockey and it was very enjoyable working with him. 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 INDUSTRY NEWS EBN: SATURDAY, 18TH FEBRUARY 2017 “His dedication to getting it right was really outstanding, from measuring me to videoing me and when I was standing for him. follow EBN on twitter “I thought most people got a statue when they were dead! I guess it will give the birds somewhere to sit.” @bloodstocknews TBA RELEASE THE STATISTICAL AWARD WINNERS FOR 2016 were Postponed, a Gr.1 Coronation Cup and Gr.1 International Darley swept the board for this year’s Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes winner and Journey, the Gr.1 British Champions fillies & Association (TBA)’s Statistical Awards, with its stallions and as the mares Stakes winner. He ended the year with 73 individual leading Flat breeder for the year. winners and £3.6 million in prize money. Darley Stud won all four of the TBA’s Flat statistical awards for the year 2016. Three awards were won by their British-based BARLEYTHORPE CUP Leading British-based Stallion (Individual Flat winners): stallions; Dubawi, Exceed And Excel and Helmet, and the fourth Winner – Exceed And Excel was claimed for topping the list of British-based breeders. The trophies will be presented along with other annual awards For the second consecutive year Exceed And Excel lands the at the TBA’s Annual Awards Evening later this year. award for the highest number of winners. He finished the year with 91 winners and £1.8m in prize money. His Group winners in THE QUEEN’S SILVER CUP Great Britain and Ireland included Gr.3 Fred Darling Stakes winner, Leading British-based Flat breeder (Flat earnings): Winner – Marenko, Gr.3 Molecomb Stakes winner, Yalta, Gr.3 World Trophy Darley winner, Cotai Glory and Gr.3 Curragh Stakes winner, Hit The Bid. For the fourth year running Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley operation has won the leading British-based breeder award. TATTERSALLS’ SILVER SALVER Darley’s European operation in 2017 are set to stand a total of 38 Leading British-based First Season Sire (Flat): Winner – Helmet stallions. Helmet’s progeny made an excellent start with his first crop of European runners. He managed to hold off the much talked BBA SILVER CIGAR BOX about Frankel by a narrow margin. Helmet ended the year on Leading British-based Stallion (Flat earnings): Winner – Dubawi twelve winners of 19 races, beating Frankel’s total of 15 winners of Dalham Hall’s flagship stallion heads the list of British-based 22 races. Helmet’s best progeny came in the form of the Darley stallions for the fourth year running. Dubawi’s principal horses homebred, Thunder Snow, a Gr.1 winner in France. The Dawn Approaches I have are really nice and look like precocious, early-running types with good attitudes.