WEDNESDAY, 1ST JUNE 2016 EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU RACING ROUND-UP | LEADING SIRES’ TABLE | SAM HOSKINS | STAKES RESULTS TODAY’S HEADLINES with ROB DAVEY TATTERSALLS IRELAND ASCOT RINGSIDE EBN Sales Talk Click here to is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com a packed auction ring and soon ratcheted up to six figures, with McCain gaining the day while on the phone to leading National Hunt owner Tim Leslie, owner of the likes of Peddlers Cross and Overturn. McCain, who was standing next to Leslie’s son Guy, said: NATIONAL TARGET “Hopefully he will be a [Gr.3 Grand] National horse for Tim. He is still FOR MCCAIN PURCHASE young and has Cheltenham form, and hopefully we will get to Aintree Young horses with form at the Cheltenham Festival do not come with him. These type of horses do not come up often; he has a good up for auction too often, but yesterday at the Tattersalls Ireland rating [BHA 141 chase] and has plenty of quality. We know where he May Ascot Sale, March’s Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase-fourth has come from he has been well looked after.” Knock House stole the show when going to Donald McCain for In addition to finishing fourth in March under Nina Carberry, £110,000. The seven-year-old formed part of an exclusive four- Knock House had landed the three-mile one furlong amateur horse part-dispersal by Tim Radford, CEO of Timico, sponsor of handicap, again under Carberry, at last year’s Cheltenham the Gr.1 Cheltenham Gold Cup, through Henrietta Knight’s West November Open meeting. Lockinge Farm, which sold the top three lots and grossed a total He is out of the winning hurdler Lady’s Gesture (Anshan), a of £228,000, representing 26.3% of the total aggregate of daughter of My Native Gesture (Be My Native), a full-sister to £866,700 for 135 lots sold. The four were being offered to make the dual Gr.1-winning hurdler Rhinestone Cowboy and a half- room for younger stock. sister to the Gr.1 Challow Hurdle winner Wichita Lineman (King’s Bidding opened up at £70,000 for the son of Old Vic (Lot 102) in Theatre). LLLaaammmbbbeeerrrtttssstttooowwwnnn SSStttuuuddd Boarding / Foaling / Sales Preparation for all Sales. Friendly family-owned farm located 40 mins from Dublin Port, Emily MacMahon 15 minutes from Tattersalls, 45 minutes from Goffs Lambertstown Stud, and 1 hr 45 minutes from Coolmore. Kilmessan, Co. Meath Tel: 00353 (0) 87 7194812 25 boxes, 75 acres of grassland, Email: [email protected] 1 2 ⁄2 furlong round sand gallop, plus arena. Twitter: @emilymacm CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 SALES TALK EBN: WEDNESDAY, 1ST JUNE 2016 Two lots earlier the dual winner Viva Steve (Lot 100) was sold relative to the Listed-winning mare Jaunty Flight was consigned to trainer Fergal O’Brien for £67,000, seeing off a spirited effort by Closcedi Farm. from Matt Coleman. O’Brien said of the eight-year-old son of Somerset-based trainer Simon Hodgson secured the Punchestown Flemensfirth, “He is a lovely horse, very straightforward. He was Gr.1 Champion Novice Hurdle-third Sgt Reckless (Lot 98), from bought on spec and so is for sale. He will be aimed at long distance Mick Channon Bloodstock, who was another consigned by West chases and could start out at Cheltenham’s November meeting in Lockinge Farm. Hodgson said, “He has been bought by an owner of the [Gr.3] 3m3f handicap chase.” mine, George Materna, who was looking for a two-mile chasing He is out of Eluna (Unfuwain), who won at three on the flat Saturday horse. He will be a fun horse and we will look to get him out at and twice over hurdles in Germany. She is a half-sister to the Gr.1 the back of the summer, as he enjoys drier conditions.” Europa Preis-third Ebisu (Surumu), the Gr.3 Deutsches St Leger- He is out of Lakaam (Danzero), who is a daughter of the Listed third Elcanos (Acatenango) and the Gr.3 Frankfurt Trophy-third Preis von Koln-third Langtry Lady (Pas De Seul), from the family El Dessert (Green Desert). of the Italian Stakes winner and Classic-placed Annetta Astori The day’s third highest was Lot 99 Warden Hill (Presenting), the (Soleil Levant). first of the dispersal. The eight-year-old has been sparingly raced One purchaser who has an exciting weekend ahead of him is over the past two years but his last four runs include finishing second Daniel Hunt, who was adding to his small West Dorset-based to Coneygree in the 2014 Gr.1 Feltham Novices Chase, before broodmare band, purchasing Lot 85 from Godolphin for £17,000. winning a Market Rasen novice chase the following April. He Unplaced in three starts, the three-year-old Fondie (Lot 85) is an reappeared after a year off at Cheltenham, finishing third of eight in Oasis Dream daughter of the Gr.3 Athasi Stakes winner Prima a handicap chase. He was purchased for £42,000 by Rectory Stud. Luce (Galileo), from the family of the Gr.2 (then) King’s Stand He is a half-brother to Old Moon (Old Vic; dam of the Gr.2- Stakes winner Cassandra Go and her Gr.1-winning descendants placed hurdler/chaser Noble Endeavor), while his second dam Halfway To Heaven and Photo Call. Hunt said, “She has been Luminous Run (Deep Run) is a full-sister to the top class hurdlers bought for her page and will be my third broodmare. She won’t race Mole Board and Deep Run. on. I bred and co-own Imperial Aviator [Paco Boy – winner of the A bid of £27,000 was required from Gerald Bailey to secure London Gold Cup on his last start and co-owned with Qatar Wildcard Lot 140, who was consigned by Donnchadh Doyle’s Racing and Mrs Eileen Markham], who will take his chance in the Monbeg Stables. Reckless Behaviour, a four-year-old son of the [Gr.1] Prix du Jockey Club on Sunday [needs to be supplemented].” late Gold Well, had been second on his only start in a four-year-old Earlier in the day Matt Coleman secured High Wheeler for £17,000. maiden point-to-point at Maralin on 21st May. Bailey said, “He has Sold as Lot 30, the son of Kalanisi had been fifth in a Stratford been bought on spec and will go into training with Caroline [wife].” bumper since the catalogue was published for Lucy Wadham. He is out of the unraced Wee Wallis (Windsor Castle), who is a Tattersalls’ Director of Horses in Training Richard Pugh said, half-sister to the Gr.3 Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase winner “Tattersalls Ireland Sales at Ascot continue to go from strength to Leading Man (Old Vic). strength and trade at today’s May Sale is further testament to this. West Sussex-based trainer Lydia Richards secured the first The highlight without a doubt today is the sale of West Lockinge horse in the Godolphin consignment, Southern States (Lot 77), Farm’s Knock House to Donald McCain for £110,000, but the for £21,000 and he will run for the Beep Partnership. The three- consistency of trade throughout the day in general is a major positive year-old colt son of Medaglia D’Oro, a full-brother to the Listed- for the venue. The team at Tattersalls Ireland Ascot have made placed Dickinson, out of the Gr.1 Ashland Stakes winner Little remarkable strides in developing Ascot as a reliable source for horses Belle (A P Indy), had raced twice in maidens for Andre Fabre this in training and we would also like to express our sincere gratitude to year. Richards said, “We will take him home with a view to running the vendors and purchasers who have supported this sale. We now him on the flat over the summer.” look forward to growing and developing further sales at Ascot, Rated 102 over hurdles after just four starts, Jaunty Thor (Lot starting with the Ascot Summer Sale on 12th July, which features a 60) went the way of Ollie Greenall, who fought off Dr Richard select horses in training session and which has already gathered a Newland and Tim Vaughan for the six-year-old for £20,000. The substantial entry.” Supported by: Al Basti TOP LOTS AL BASTI EQUIWORLD - DUBAI Equiworld TATTERSALLS IRELAND ASCOT MAY SALE Lot Sex Sire – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (£) 102 7g KNOCK HOUSE (Old Vic) West Lockinge Farm Donald McCain Racing 110,000 100 8g VIVA STEVE (Flemensfirth) West Lockinge Farm Fergal O’Brien 67,000 99 8g WARDEN HILL (Presenting) West Lockinge Farm Rectory Stud 42,000 140 4g RECKLESS BEHAVIOR (Gold Well) Monbeg Stables Gerald Bailey 27,000 77 3c SOUTHERN STATES (Medaglia D’Oro) Godolphin Lydia Richards Racing 21,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 RACING REVIEW ~ INDUSTRY NEWS EBN: WEDNESDAY, 1ST JUNE 2016 Polytrack. In the spring of 2014, before her move Stateside, she RACING REVIEW won twice at Lingfield Park, including an easy victory in the valuable All-Weather Fillies’ and Mares’ Championship Conditions NORTH AMERICA Stakes. She is much the best of the four winners out of the unraced Machiavellian mare Colour And Spice, a half-sister to the US Stakes winner Step With Style (Gulch).