SATURDAY, 16TH JULY 2016 EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU ITALIAN NEWS | LETTER FROM AMERICA | LEADING SIRES’ TABLE | STAKES FIELDS TODAY’S HEADLINES STALLION NEWS ESCOBAR A FIRST WINNER FOR FAMOUS NAME Escobar [pictured right] became the first winner for his sire Famous Name (Dansili) when he enjoyed a successful debut in a seven-furlong maiden at Newbury yesterday. Slowly away, the Hugo Palmer-trained colt soon got the hang of things and was picture courtesy of Mark Cranham, Racing Post Racing picture courtesy of Mark Cranham, ridden to lead just over a furlong from home. He stayed on well to score under James McDonald, having two lengths to spare over Devil’s Bridge (Casamento) and a further half-length back to Red Ensign (Dark Angel). Bred by Peter Evans, Escobar made an immediate dent in the CZECH REPUBLIC €280,000 laid out for him by Amanda Skiffington at the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale last year. He holds an entry in the 2017 Gr.1 Derby, JUKEBOX HAS A HIT although more immediate targets could be the Gr.3 Acomb Stakes or the Gr.3 Solario Stakes, both contested over seven furlongs, or IN CZECH REPUBLIC possibly the Listed Stonehenge Stakes over a mile. Another to have recently enjoyed his first success is Jukebox Jury Famous Name retired to stand at the Irish National Stud for a (Montjeu), for whom Felix ran out an impressive four-length fee of €4,000 after a very successful career on the racecourse that winner in the Czech Republic. Lysa nad Labem racecourse, in the saw him win 21 of his 39 starts, finishing out of the frame on just Central Bohemian region and on the river Elba, was the scene of three occasions. A prolific winner in Gr.3 company, in which he the first success for the Michael Lisek-trained juvenile, who scored enjoyed twelve successes, the best win for the then Dermot Weld- over 1300m at the second attempt. trained horse was the Gr.2 Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh in Bred by Paul Nataf and trained by Mark Johnston, Jukebox Jury 2012. The victory for Escobar followed on from an eyecatching enjoyed nine wins in his 22-race career, with the 2011 Gr.1 Irish St third by another Weld-trained son of Famous Name, Right Leger and the Gr.1 Preis von Europa two years earlier being the Honourable, at Leopardstown on Thursday. most prestigious successes on his CV. NEW W BATED BREATH I 2007 b h Dansili - Tantina (Distant View) N N SIRE OF E SECOND NATURE R WINNER Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Stakes, Nottingham OWNER Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum ® BREEDER Maywood Stud TRAINER James Tate CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 STALLION NEWS ~ RACING REVIEW EBN: SATURDAY, 16TH JULY 2016 FRANCE was winning the Gr.1 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. He was also placed in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Turf, Gr.1 Belmont Stakes, the Gr.1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic and the Gr.1 Invitational Stakes. NATIONAL HUNT SIRE He retired with just over $1.2-million in earnings and was ANTARCTIQUE DIES AT 22 syndicated when he entered stud in 2013. Three Chimneys was The sire of two French Gr.1 winners over jumps, Antarctique the majority shareholder, and Live Oak retained an interest, and (Sadler’s Wells) has died at the age of 22. he stood at Three Chimneys for $5,000. Trained by Robert Collet, Antarctique won three races from 57 He was a homebred raced of Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak starts, on the Flat and over hurdles, and was fourth in the Gr.1 Prix Plantation and was a half-brother to the Listed winner and Gr.2 du Cadran and Gr.1 Prix Royal-Oak. Bred by Kilfrush Stud Farm, he Remsen Stakes runner-up Souper Speedy (Indian Charlie), out was a full-brother to the Gr.2 Prix de Royallieu winner Russian of the Gone West mare Speed Succeeds. Snows and to Modhish, who won the Gr.2 Grand Prix de Deauville Chief Operating Officer Chris Baker commented: “Brilliant Speed and Gr.2 Prix Jean Chaudenay. was a class horse in the image of his great sire Dynaformer. It is a sad Antarctique has 347 progeny recorded on france-galop.com, and shocking loss and he will be missed by all.” born between 2002 and 2013, and among them are nine Stakes winners over jumps, including Grivette, who won the Gr.1 Prix Alain du Breil, Utopie Des Bordes, winner of the Gr.1 Prix Maurice RACING REVIEW Gillois in France and a Listed hurdle in Britain, and the Gr.2- winning chaser Victoire Des Borde. SALLY ANN GRASSICK BRITAIN NORTH AMERICA VENTURA BREEZES TO GLASGOW SUCCESS BRILLIANT SPEED KILLED BY Returning to Listed company after a number of tries in Group LIGHTNING STRIKE AGED EIGHT company, including the Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club last time, Three Chimneys have announced that its freshman stallion Ventura Storm followed up his Listed Feilden Stakes success at Brilliant Speed was killed by lightning on Thursday morning in a Newmarket in April with a victory in last night’s Listed Glasgow flash storm. The eight-year-old son of Dynaformer’s finest hour Stakes at Hamilton for Richard Hannon. ARQANA BY NAME, CLASSIC BY NATURE AUGUST YEARLING SALE 14 - 16 AUGUST DEAUVILLE CATALOGUE ONLINE • 375 selected yearlings from the leading breeders in Europe. • Very special individuals by Galileo, Dubawi, Shamardal, Sea The Stars, Invincible Spirit, Le Havre, etc. • 27 siblings to Gr.1 winners. Freddy Powell: +44 (0) 750 783 25 82 Scoopdyga © [email protected] ALMANZOR - Prix du Jockey Club (Gr.1) 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 RACING REVIEW EBN: SATURDAY, 16TH JULY 2016 Owned by Middleham Park Racing LXXII, the three-year-old with over a furlong from the post and Mokarris showed an son of Zoffany was settled in the middle of the seven-runner eyecatching turn of foot to zip past his opponents and go clear, pack by Sean Levey. Defying a Listed winner’s penalty, he hit the before being heavily eased in the last 75 yards. Nobly Born front entering the final furlong to win gamely by a length and a (Mayson) was a two and three-quarter lengths behind in second, quarter from Ormito (Mamool), who ran on for second, and the with the Clive Cox-trained Kodiline (Kodiac) a further neck away front-running Montsarrat (Poet’s Voice) stayed on for third. in third. Having badly missed the break, Carrington (New Approach) Unplaced in the Gr.2 Coventry Stakes on his only other start, came through for fourth and the favourite Wajeez (Lope De Mokarris is the first foal out of Limonar (Street Cry), who won the Vega) hung right and weakened to finish last. Listed Prix Coronation and is a half-sister to the Gr.1 Shoemaker Bred by Laurence Kennedy, he was a Goffs Orby pinhook by Mile Stakes winner Talco (Pivotal). Their dam Trylko (Diesis) is a Grangebarry, who sold him to Peter & Ross Doyle at the Tattersalls half-sister to the Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner and sire Bachelor Craven Breeze-Up Sale for 110,000gns. He is out of Sarawati Duke (Miswaki). (Haafhd), who is a half-sister to the Listed Chalice Stakes winner Mokarris holds an entry in next month’s Gr.2 Gimcrack Stakes at Sahool (Unfuwain), the winner Alikhlas (Lahib; dam of last year’s York and was a second Listed winner consigned by Mocklershill in dual Gr.2 winner and sire Gutaifan and the Listed-placed Cest as many days, following up the success of Brownie (Sunday Notre Gris) and the winner Nasanice (Nashwan; dam of the dual Break) in the Polar Mile at Ovrevoll. There was further joy for Gr.2 Hardwicke Stakes winner Maraahel and the Gr.3-placed Huja). Mocklershill on Friday as Second Nature (Bated Breath) got off ROSE BOWL STAKES the mark at the third time of asking when landing the opening The Simon Crisford-trained Mokarris (More Than Ready) ran out maiden at Nottingham. an impressive winner of the Listed Rose Bowl Stakes at Newbury yesterday, making it two successes from just three starts for the St Elias Stables-bred colt. In doing so, Hamdan Al Maktoum’s juvenile CLICK HERE for proved his versatility in terms of conditions, having already won on good to soft on his Haydock debut, while this time the ground European First Crop Sires’ was on the fast side of good. Racing keenly behind the leaders towards the inside of the Competition Leader Board racecourse, jockey Paul Hanagan gave him some daylight to work CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 RACING PREVIEW EBN: SATURDAY, 16TH JULY 2016 recent run, when five lengths behind Even Song in the Gr.2 RACING PREVIEW Ribblesdale Stakes, came too soon after that and, now freshened up, she should be capable of going close. Harlequeen (Canford IRELAND Cliffs) has over eight lengths to find with Architecture on their Epsom running and Turret Rocks (Fastnet Rock) has plenty to prove after her performance in the same race. EVEN SONG OUT TO DELIVER Pretty Perfect (Galileo) is another of the four runners saddled ROYAL ASCOT REPRISE by O’Brien and, besides the favourite, is perhaps the most Ajman Princess (Teofilo) heads a list of twelve runners for today’s interesting. She has frame claims on her four-length defeat of Gr.1 Irish Oaks, for which her Gr.2 Ribblesdale Stakes conqueror Shamreen (Dubawi) in the Gr.3 Munster Oaks at Cork last time Even Song (Mastercraftsman) is likely to be sent off as the out.