EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS SATURDAY, 10TH JANUARY 2015 – TWELVE PAGES For more information • T: +44 (0)1638 666512 • F:+44 (0)1638 666516 • [email protected] • www.bloodstocknews.eu Today’s Headlines Today’s Headlines IRELAND MAGIC MILLIONS OCOVANGO JOINS EBN Sales Talk Click here to COOLMORE NH DIVISION is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com Ocovango, trained in France by Andre Fabre, has been purchased to stand at The Beeches Stud under the Coolmore National Hunt banner. By leading National Hunt influence Monsun, he was bred by Watership Down Stud MILLION DOLLAR GIRL out of the unraced Crystal Maze (Gone West), a daughter of Gr.1 Fillies’ Mile winner Crystal Music from the Michael ROCKS THE GOLD COAST Poland family of State Crystal and Solar Crystal. An A seven-figure lot highlighted another day of strong trade impressive winner of his only start as a two-year-old at for the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Magic Saint-Cloud, Ocovango also landed his first two starts as Millions Managing Director Vin Cox said he was delighted a three-year-old including the Gr.2 Prix Greffulhe and the with the way the sale was tracking and was also pleased Listed Prix Francois Mathet. Described by Andre Fabre as to see the strong international presence lead to a seven- “a serious horse” he was sent to Epsom for the Gr.1 Derby figure sale. “The China Horse Club outbidding Spendthrift where he finished a two-length fifth of twelve behind Farm of Kentucky proving that the weaker Australian Ruler Of The World (Galileo). Next time out he ran third dollar has had a massive impact on the upper level of the in the Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris behind stablemate sale. It’s just fantastic,” Cox added. “We’re sitting on a Flintshire (Dansili). gross of just over $75 million – the gross is virtually the “We think Ocovango has a lot in common with same as what we closed out on Saturday night last year – Flemensfirth,” said The Beeches Stud manager Robert so we’ve got a full session [to come] for free.” Champion McCarthy. “He’s a lovely big horse, a great colour and like Flemensfirth he was unbeaten at two, a Group winner over G FIRST FOAL FOR PASTORIUS page 5 ten furlongs and being by Monsun he’s an outcross for all G LUCAYAN TO STUD IN SPAIN page 9 the Sadler’s Wells-line mares.” 1 EBN Saturday, 10th January 2015 SALES TALK STA REGISTER WITH ITM A LLIONTRAILITM.IE T The Fastnet Rock filly that was consigned by Newgate Farm and sold to the China Horse Club for $1,050,000. trainer Gai Waterhouse is now the leading buyer at the sale by both lots purchased (18) and total spend ($4,005,000). Second on the leading buyers list is the THE IRISH James Harron Bloodstock and Snowden Racing with a spend of $3,615,000. Currently, the gross for the sale sits STALLION TRAIL at just over $75 million, as Cox mentioned, with an average of $166,694 and a median of $135,000, both up on JANUARY 22ND 25TH last year at the same stage. It was three days coming, but finally there was a seven- ITINERARY figure lot on day three of the sale as Newgate Farm’s Fastnet Rock filly, Lot 566 out of Response elicited a THURS 22ND JAN winning bid of $1,050,000 from Michael Wallace of the Stallion Farm Viewing China Horse Club. The entity, who had bought the $850,000 Racing Gowran Park Sepoy filly on day one, are making a lasting impression worldwide with some strong purchasing. The filly was out of Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase the dual Gr.1-winning Charge Forward mare Response, FRI 23RD JAN who was bought in 2012 by SF Bloodstock for $840,000. Stallion Farm Viewing Newgate Farm managing director Henry Field said of the filly’s purchasers, “The stock they buy all around the world SAT 24TH JAN are the real deal. The Mill Park [Sepoy] filly they bought Stallion Farm Viewing earlier in the sale was an exceptional filly and so is our filly, SUN 25TH JAN so they’ve bought the two best fillies in the sale. When you look at what they are buying here and overseas, you’d be ITM reception at Leopardstown Races very, very surprised if they aren’t successful. They’ve yet to BHP Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle decide on a trainer for her, but I think she’ll be like her mother, a natural runner and very fast.” The filly is the first A great opportunity to view many of the foal of her dam, who is also a half-sister to the dam of Gr.2 world’s leading stallions as Ireland’s top Flat winner Returntosender (Elusive City). & National Hunt Stud farms open their doors The crop had been noted with the strength in depth over three days. amongst the first-season sires, with Sepoy, Foxwedge and Smart Missile all having plenty of admirers and six-figure Full list of farms along with viewing times averages. The second highest price of the day was the is available at www.itm.ie/stalliontrail $700,000 paid by Hawkes Racing for Lot 485, a colt by Smart Missile out of the Red Ransom mare Negotiate consigned by Arrowfield. The powerful colt is a half-brother to Gr.3-placed Sweetener (Snitzel), but possibly more importantly a half-brother to impressive recent two-year-old winner Secret Agenda (Not A Single Doubt), who is one of the leading fancies for the Gr.1 Blue Diamond Stakes in February. Of the colt, co-trainer John Hawkes said “He just looked a real athlete. Smart Missile was a very good horse – if he had have won the Slipper you’d probably be paying Ballymany, The Curragh, Co. Kildare, Ireland. more for him, we loved him – he’s just an athlete and was 7(LQIR#LWPLHZZZLWPLH our pick of the sale.” The colt is also a grandson of the Gr.1 2 EBN Saturday, 10th January 2015 SALES TALK winner Euphoria (Marauding) and from the family of Golden Shaheen winner Sterling City (Nadeem) and the top-class three-parts brothers Bentley Biscuit (Peintre Celebre) and Thorn Park (Spinning World). It was another first-season sire representative who came next, with trainer Tony McEvoy giving $575,000 for CUMULATIVE STATISTICS ($) Lot 452, out of the Redoute’s Choice mare Miss 2015 % 2014 Mooney Mooney. Of the colt McEvoy said “I want a Catalogued 600 570 runner in the [Magic Millions] race next year, and I thought Sold 450 445 this was the horse. I loved his temperament and loved his Aggregate 75,012,500 +18.2 63,447,500 rhythm and athleticism.” The colt, by Sepoy was Average 166,694 +19.5 139,445 consigned by Strawberry Hill Stud, and his dam was a Median 135,000 +12.5 120,000 smart racemare, a Stakes winner and placed three times at Group level. She is out of a mare who was placed in the Click here to contact IRT, or visit www.irt.com Magic Millions 2YO Classic in Sally Magic (Keltrice), who is in turn the dam of dual Gr.3 winner Publishing (Testa Rossa) and the dam of very smart Gr.1-placed sprinter SHUTTLE SIRE RETURNS (A$) Better Than Ready (More Than Ready). Immediately prior to the Sepoy colt, the only other lot to DREAM AHEAD break into the half-million dollar mark was Lot 451, a son 402 f ex Loyal Lauren NS45,000 of Fastnet Rock consigned by Cressfield. It took a bid of $500,000 from Melbourne trainer Robbie Laing to secure 441 c ex Minus Zero 110,000 the colt, who is out of the Gr.3-winning sprinter Miss 496 c ex Omniyah 380,000 Judgement (Strategic). Miss Judgement is also a half- 541 c ex Queenofthefaeries NS35,000 sister to three Stakes winners, Gr.1 Oakleigh Plate winner EXCEED AND EXCEL Mrs Onassis (General Nediym) and Gr.3 winners Fifth 479 c ex Mythical Play 160,000 Avenue Lady (Encosta De Lago) and Aussies Love Sport (Redoute’s Choice). They are all out of Miss Jakeo 489 f ex Noplacelikehome 130,000 (Unbridled’s Song), who is in turn out of top-class two- 536 c ex Quack It 380,000 year-old Lady Jakeo (Last Tycoon), winner of the Gr.1 558 f ex Red Fever NS50,000 Blue Diamond Stakes. 577 f ex Rouge Mamzelle W/D They’vegone Raven mad! His exceptional 2014 crop of yearlings averaged €98,000 at select sales. They run for him in 2015, as do Classic prospects Richard Pankhurst and the much-touted Malabar. Breed to Raven’s Pass this spring and have them all running for you too... RAVEN’S PASS €20,000 Oct 1, SLF Elusive Quality – Ascutney (Lord At War) Stands at Kildangan Stud, Ireland +353 (0)45 527600 +44 (0)1638 730070 www.darleystallions.com Darley 3 EBN Saturday, 10th January 2015 SALES TALK MAGIC MILLIONS GOLD COAST YEARL ING SALE – DAY THREE Lot Sex Name (Sire) Vendor Purchaser Price (A$) 566 f FASTNET ROCK – Response Newgate Farm China Horse Club 1,050,000 485 c SMART MISSILE – Negotiate Arrowfield Stud Hawkes Racing 700,000 452 c SEPOY – Miss Mooney Mooney Strawberry Hill Stud McEvoy Mitchell Racing 575,000 451 f FASTNET ROCK – Miss Judgement Cressfield Robbie Liang 500,000 484 f FASTNET ROCK – Necessary Evil Coolmore Stud B2B B’stock/Jadesky Racing 460,000 483 c NORTHERN METEOR – Nazzuca Baramul Stud J Harron B’stock/Snowden Racing 460,000 546 f SMART MISSILE – Rain Melody Amarina Farm Debbie Kepitis 400,000 553 f REDOUTE’S CHOICE – Reactive Broadwater Thoroughbreds Gai Waterhouse Racing 400,000 FOR FULL RESULTS CLICK HERE FASTNET ROCK HIGH CHAPARRAL 405 c ex Luminous Eyes NS350,000 431 c ex Meil Lin 65,000 450 c ex Miss Jakeo W/D 539 f ex Queen Of Spain 105,000 451 f ex Miss Judgement 500,000 581 c ex Rubinacci 360,000 456 f ex Mist NS170,000 POET’S VOICE 467 f ex More Valour NS375,000 551 c ex Randwick Bound NS45,000 484 f ex Necessary Evil 460,000 530 c ex Pretty Flamingo 400,000 SEPOY 566 f ex Response 1,050,000 404 c ex Lucida NS135,000 421 f ex Maree Basse 100,000 FOXWEDGE 425 c ex Marina Lady 90,000 424 c ex Marie Soleil 210,000 435 c ex Midnight Fantasy