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DECORATED FRIDAY, 18THDECORATED JANUARY 2019 KNIGHT KNIGHT Multiple Gr.1 winner Multiple Gr.1 winner by Galileo by Galileo From the Family of EBNGiant’s Causeway EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU SOUTH AFRICAN NEWS | FLYING START BLOG | FLASHBACK FRIDAY | STAKES RESULT TODAY’S HEADLINES RACING REVIEW POETIC CHARM LANDS CAPE VERDI The big race at the Meydan Carnival yesterday was the Gr.2 Cape Verdi, a 1m contest for fillies and mares named after Godolphin’s 1998 Gr.1 1,000 Guineas winner. Three of the seven runners were owned by Godolphin and they filled three of the first four places. The Danish-trained Monza (Footstepsinthesand) made the running and was tracked most of the way by Asoof (Dubawi), who went past on her inside as the runners turned into the home Gr.1 sire Zoustar (Northern Meteor), Australia’s Champion straight. Pulled out for a run from her inside position, Poetic First Season Sire, was on show at Tweenhills Farm and Stud Charm (Dubawi) was soon after her and raced into the lead yesterday, where he stands his first Northern Hemisphere before the 200m marker. Pushed out by James Doyle, the Charlie season at £25,000. David Redvers, Qatar Racing Manager Appleby-trained four-year-old stretched clear to beat Asoof by and Owner and Manager of Tweenhills, said: “We are hugely four lengths, while the Chilean-bred Furia Cruzada honoured to be entrusted with a stallion of Zoustar’s profile (Newfoundland) stayed on for third, just in front of Godolphin’s by his owners, as he is one of the most exciting stallions to third runner, Victory Wave (Distorted Humor). have come out of Australia in recent years. A record-breaking This was the fifth victory in ten outings for Poetic Charm, who first season sire, his popularity has been further illustrated by had been successful twice at two, beating subsequent Group his stunning sales results at the recent Magic Millions.” winners Sizzling and Juliet Capulet on her Newmarket debut VERCINGETORIX (SAF) Silvano - National Vixen Leading International G1 Winner Equus Champion Freshman Timeform 124 Sire 2019 MAINE CHANCE FARMS CAPE PREMIER YEARLING SALE - 23 January 2019, CTICC, Cape Town Stud Manager: Tim Bootsma | E: [email protected] | M: +27 (0)72 446 6269 | T: +27 (0)23 626 2342 F: +27 (0)86 519 5010 | Farm Mobile: +27 (0)73 140 1921 | E: [email protected] | W: www.mainechance.co.za CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 Shaping Up Nicely AW TAAD A Classic winning miler - by the sire of SEA THE STARS and GOLDEN HORN He proved to be very popular at the sales in 2018, with his first crop foals making170,000gns , E170,000, 140,000gns, etc. and with an impressive average of over E66,000 Great value for 2019 at €15,000 (1st Jan. S.L.F. terms) Don’t miss out, he’s filling fast DERRINSTOWN STUD Tel: +353 (0)1 6286228 • [email protected] • www.derrinstown.com RACING REVIEW ~ NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW EBN: FRIDAY, 18TH JANUARY 2019 Multiple Yesterday’s Gr.2 Cape Verdi winner Poetic Charm (Dubawi), Gr.1 seen here winning at Newmarket last summer. Winner © Steve Cargill TORONADO€ 12.000 LF and ending her campaign with a conditions win on the Kempton all-weather. Last season, she won a fillies’ handicap at Newmarket → 24 INDIVIDUAL WINNERS in July and later landed the Listed Prix de la Cochere over 1600m with his 1st crop of 2yos inc. 5 Blacktypes at Longchamp, having previously finished second in the Gr.3 Prix de Lieurey at Deauville. → 42% WINNERS TO RUNNERS with his 1st 2yos, This race provided further valuable black type for the winner, better than Galileo, Shamardal, Invincible Spirit, Oasis Dream, who is a half-sister to the unbeaten Champion Two-Year-Old Siyouni, Charm Spirit, Kingman or Anodin in 2018*. Teofilo (Galileo), sire of 16 Gr.1 winners to date, and a full-sister to the Irish Gr.3 victrix Bean Feasa. Their dam Speirbhean (Danehill) is one of two Listed winners produced by the Majestic 2 PROGRESSIVE HORSES Light mare Saviour, a full-sister to US Gr.1 winner and sire War WHOSE OWN PERFORMANCES and half-sister to Gr.1 winners Judge Angelucci (Honest Pleasure) and Peace (Naskra). HAVE IMPROVED WITH AGE NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW The best is yet to come ! BRITAIN WHO WHAT WHEN WINS LISTED MARES’ BUMPER The feature race in Britain yesterday was the Listed mares’ bumper, named after Alan Swinbank and run over 2m½f at Market Rasen. Four of the six runners were already winners and the favourite Multiple was Mrs Hyde (Flemensfirth), who was not beaten far when Gr.1 fourth in a similar contest at Cheltenham in November. She was Winner held up as the Uttoxeter winner A Perfect Gift (Presenting) set the pace until being headed by Who What When (Champs Elysees) with 3f to run. The favourite moved into second, but was € 8.000 LF never able to get to grips with Who What When, who was four OLYMPIC GLORY lengths clear of her at the furlong marker and stayed on to beat her by three and a quarter lengths. November’s Wetherby winner → 21 INDIVIDUAL WINNERS Shantewe (Shantou) stayed on well to finish a close third. with his 1st crop of 2yos inc. 3 Blacktypes Who What When, trained by Murty McGrath for R P Gallagher, was the only four-year-old in the race, which earned her an 11lb → 34% WINNERS TO RUNNERS with his 1st 2yos, *source Hyperion Promotion advantage in the weights. She had made a successful debut at better than Dansili, Anodin, Iffraaj, 40/1 in a fillies’ bumper over an extended 1m4f at Newbury last Zoffany, Camelot, Dark Angel, Australia or Le Havre in 2018*. month and could make her mark on the Flat in staying races. She was bred by Iain Wilson and changed hands for just 1,500gns at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale. A half-sister to STANDING AT HARAS DE BOUQUETOT +33 (0)2 31 32 28 91 . [email protected] Roly Tricks (Pastoral Pursuits), a winner four times over 1m2f, www.alshaqabracing.com she is out of the placed Freya Tricks (Noverre), whose half- CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 “Awesome Firepower” Champion 2YO and dual 2,000 Guineas hero Churchill, who stands alongside his sire Galileo, was granted 211 mares, 42 of whom were black-type winners… More eye-catching, though, is the awesome firepower of proven producers in his debut book. Racing Post, Sep 2018 Supported by Europe’s top breeders, his first book included 80 blacktype performers, t Anne-Marie O’Brien 42 blacktype winners and Trevor Stewart t (Whisperview Trading) 65 blacktype producers. t t Luca & Sara Cumani (Fittocks Stud) Alexandra & Belinda “We tend to go with proven sires… t In a sense we’ve broken our Strudwick (Ballygallon Stud) Denis & Cathal Brosnan own rule” SARA CUMANI, TDN, 3RD JAN (Croom House Stud) John O’Connor t (Ballylinch Stud) t Diane & David Nagle (Barronstown Stud) t Harry McCalmont (Norelands Stud) t t Tim & Timmy Hyde (Camas Park & Summerhill Studs) t Noel O’Callaghan t Julian Dollar & Andreas Jacobs (Mountarmstrong Stud) Jimmy Murphy (Newsells Park Stud) Peter Kavanagh t (Redpender Stud) (Kildaragh Stud) Other leading breeders with mares in foal include H.H. The Aga Khan Studs, Gestut Ammerland, Coolmore Partners, Daylesford Stud, Glenvale Stud, Laurence Kennedy, Kilminfoyle House Stud, Lynch-Bages, Paget Bloodstock, Qatar Bloodstock, Rabbah Bloodstock, Ms Kirsten Rausing, The Niarchos Family and Triermore Stud. Contact: Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Tel: +353-52-6131298. Fax: +353-52-6131382. Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Mathieu Legars, Jason Walsh, Tom Miller or Neil Magee. Tom Gaffney, David Magnier, Joe Hernon, John Kennedy or Cathal Murphy: +353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) +44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.coolmore.com All stallions nominated to EBF. NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW ~ RACING NEWS EBN: FRIDAY, 18TH JANUARY 2019 siblings include the Gr.3 Princess Royal Stakes winner Trick Or Treat (Lomitas). The further family is predominately US-bred and includes the Group/Graded Flat winners Prospectress (Mining), Across The Rhine (Cuvee), Best Warrior (Majestic Warrior) and the sires Nizon (Nijinsky) and Don Roberto (Roberto). The winner’s now yearling half-brother by Raven’s Pass was bought by Ballymorris Stud for €6,000 at Goffs last November. RACING NEWS BRITAIN STAYERS’ HURDLE Penhill (Mount Nelson) winning last season’s ATTRACTS 51 ENTRIES Gr.1 Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Five of the first six home in last season’s Gr.1 Stayers’ Hurdle are © Steve Cargill among the 51 entries announced for this year’s renewal, to be held at the Cheltenham Festival on Thursday, 14th March. Among the British-trained possibles is Paisley Park (Oscar), Penhill (Mount Nelson) defied a 323-day absence when who is three from three this season, including a Haydock Gr.3 defeating Supasundae (Galileo) and Wholestone (Craigsteel) victory in November and last month’s Gr.1 Long Walk Hurdle. by two lengths and three lengths respectively 12 months’ ago, Runner-up in the latter race was West Approach (Westerner), and may well head to the three-mile hurdling championship who has been entered by trainer Colin Tizzard along with again without a recent run. Penhill has only raced once since, stablemate Kilbricken Storm (Oscar), successful in last season’s when second behind the ten-time Gr.1 hero Faugheen Gr.1 Albert Bartlett (Spa) Novices’ Hurdle at the Festival.