MONDAY, 13TH FEBRUARY 2017 Dragon Pulse EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU SALES TALK | RACING REVIEW | NATIONAL HUNT RESULTS | STAKES RESULTS that for Alan and Ann, who has finished so close to Douvan on many TODAY’S HEADLINES occasions. That was his first time over three miles and he jumped, travelled and did everything we had hoped he would. NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW “He jumped really well and he was just brilliant. Once he went past two and a half miles we knew he was into unknown territory, but we fully expected he would stay three miles and he did. SIZING JOHN GETS MEASURE “Whether he will stay three miles two and a half furlongs at Cheltenham [for the Gold Cup] is another question and I’ll have to speak OF IRISH GOLD CUP RIVALS to Alan and Ann about it, but on good ground there’s a chance he will.” A high-class day’s racing at Leopardstown yesterday on Irish Gold His price has been cut to around 10-1 for the Gr.1 Gold Cup and Cup day saw three of the four Gr.1 contests won by French-breds to 5-1 for the Gr.1 Festival Trophy Chase at the Festival next month. and the feature going to the British-bred Midnight Legend Bred by Bryan and Sandra Mayoh’s Eskdale Stud, he was sold as gelding Sizing John in the colours of Ann and Alan Potts. a foal for €16,000 to John Bleahen at the Tattersalls Ireland Trained by Jessica Harrington and ridden by Robbie Power, the November National Hunt Sale. Bryan Mayoh, a Thoroughbred seven-year-old was settled on the outter of the chasing pack as Breeders’ Association Elected Board Member, bought his dam, Road To Riches (Gamut) and Don Poli (Poliglote) cut out the useful novice hurdler La Perrotine (Northern Crystal), privately running. In a thrilling finish, the six remaining runners were from trainer Howard Johnson at the Doncaster November Sales in covered by three lengths heading to the last fence, where More 2006 and she has already produced the Listed-placed hurdler Of That (Beneficial) unseated Mark Walsh and Sizing John Scholastica (Old Vic) and was covered by Telescope last year. She jumped to the lead ahead of Don Poli, who had taken it up four is a half-sister to the triple Listed-placed Harawi (Akarad) and to from home. He pulled clear to win by three-quarters of a length the unraced Harasava (Darshaan; dam of the Listed winner Jane from Empire Of Dirt (Westerner), who was given a patient ride Austen and the Listed-placed Acapulco) and the Gr.3 winner Le by Jack Kennedy and came from behind, while the favourite Don Chateau (Enrique). This is family of the Gr.1 winner and sire Poli was the same distance back in third. Houmayoun (Shernazar) and the extended family of Gr.3 Minstrel This is the second Gr.1 success for the gelding, as he won the Stakes winner and sire Air Chief Marshal (Danehill Dancer). Future Champions Novices’ Hurdle here in 2014. It is his sixth His sire Midnight Legend sadly died last year at the age of 25 career victory and fourth in Graded company. He was last seen following a bout of colic. He stood at Pitchall Farm Stud and its winning the Gr.3 Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles last month and on owner Kathleen Holmes said: “We were very pleased for the horse, his previous five runs, all in Gr.1 company, he was placed each especially as he was bred by a friend of ours. I suppose the only shame time and on three of those occasions was second only to Douvan. is that it couldn’t have happened when Midnight was about 15, then Harrington said: “He was brilliant. It’s fantastic to have a horse like he might have had a chance of covering a lot of better mares. Arqana February Mixed Sale, Deauville - Tuesday 14 February HAVE A LOOK AT LOT 196 SINGUNA WHERE THE VALUE IS SHINOBI (GER) (Lord Shanakill), 2012, 3 wins at 3 and 4 in the US. Sold as a yearling at BBAG for € 34,000 resold at OBS APR 14 as a 2-Y-O in training for USD $ 185,000; SIR VALENTINE (GER) (Cacique), sold at Tattersalls October 2014 for 75,000 Guineas, 1 win at Kempton Park at 3 in England (beating Eyeshine (GB) (Dubawi), who subsequently won her maiden by 8 lengths). Rated 88, he is a very promising Handicapper for this year, trained by Alan King; HER 2016 FOAL BY SEPOY has been sold at Arqana December Sales for € 35.000. She is in-foal to WOOTTON BASSETT, the talk of the town, standing this year at the Haras d’Etreham, for € 20,000 and she is due middle of March. DON’T MISS HER - Haras de Grandcamp Consignment, Cour C, Box 226. CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW EBN: MONDAY, 13TH FEBRUARY 2017 “There are still foals of his due to come, probably about 15, and we trouncing this field just 11 days after his have one here from the family of [Champion Hurdle winner] Katchit. ❝ “There will hopefully be Midnight Legends around for the next debut… stormed clear, in a different league to decade and we think he will be a successful broodmare sire; we are the rest… War Command's physique makes crossing lots of our mares with Passing Glance and they are looking him an even more exciting prospect, strong and good so far.” imposing❞ Timeform on his 6 length Coventry victory FLOGAS NOVICE CHASE Disko (Martaline) put up a fine front-running performance in the Gr.1 Flogas Novice Chase under Sean Flanagan for Gigginstown House Stud and Noel Meade. The blinkered grey travelled well at the head of affairs and was over three lengths clear at the last where the favourite Bellshill (King’s Theatre), who was a beaten fourth at the time, fell. He stayed on to hold off Our Duke (Oscar) by a length and a quarter and the pair were six lengths clear of Balko Des Flos (Balko). Meade said: “It’s a great thrill to have one to jump as well as that and it never really looked a problem, he was gaining ground at every fence. Everything seemed to be going really well and it’s lovely to be able to watch something like that. “You would never be confident in a Gr.1, especially with the lads in behind you. You never want to build your confidence up too much, but I was happy when he jumped the last. “I’d say Cheltenham ground will suit him all right, the usual Cheltenham ground. I would never think that he would want quick ground. He’s a beautiful-moving horse.” This was a first Gr.1 victory for the horse and jockey, although Disko did run second to Bellshill in the Gr.1 Punchestown Champion Bumper in 2015 and he was last seen running a length third to Our Duke in the Gr.1 Novice Chase here in December, but that was over three miles. Ridden more positively and with the shorter trip in his favour yesterday, he comfortably reversed the form. Won the Dewhurst Stakes-Gr.1, Newmarket The winner has been halved in price to 8-1 for the Gr.1 Golden Miller Novices’ Chase at the Festival next month. Won the Coventry Stakes-Gr.2, Royal Ascot Bred in France by EARL Haras du Luy, he is a half-brother to two winners by Valanour and Marathon, out of the placed Nikos Won the Futurity Stakes-Gr.2, Curragh mare Nikos Royale. She is a half-sister to Adoradew (Cupids Dew), Dalcadoune (Cadoudal) and Roboam (Sukawa), who Won his maiden on debut at Leopardstown each won over €90,000, and they out of the winning D’Arras mare Rodara. First foals in 2016 sold DELOITTE NOVICE HURDLE €125,000 Bacardys (Coastal Path) sprung a surprise in the Gr.1 Deloitte for up to Novice Hurdle as the six-year-old returned the 12-1 winner for Willie Mullins in the colours of Shanakiel Racing Syndicate. Settled towards the rear by Patrick Mullins, as Blood Crazed Tiger (King’s Theatre) and Chateau Conti (Vendangeur) set the pace, he made a late move down the outside in the straight and went between horses after the last and ran on gamely to beat The only son of 2YO sire sensation stablemate Bunk Off Early (Zebedee) by three quarters of a length. The pair were two and a quarter lengths clear of Brelade WAR FRONT at stud in Ireland (Presenting). The winner of a point-to-point on his second start at Quakerstown, he won a bumper here on his first start under Rules in December 2015 and ran third at last year’s Festival to Ballyandy in the Gr.1 Champion Bumper on his following start before winning the Gr.2 Champion Bumper at Aintree and running third Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, in the Gr.1 Punchestown Champion Bumper. He fell three out on or Tel: +353-52-6131298. , , or Mathieu Legars Jason Walsh David Magnier Tom Gaffney Joe Hernon his hurdling debut at Cork last November and won a maiden Cathal Murphy. Tel: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) Tel: +44-7827-795156.