W Post Winter/October 2008 15/10/08 12:38 pm Page 1 Snapshot New hope Homebred Star was operated on by Britain’s leading equine surgeon Ben for old and Brain - but was quickly back on his feet and out in the injured field again T HE REGULAR NEWSLETTER FROM H OMEBRED R ACING W INTER/2008 jockeys... Building work on a new state- of-the-art home for retired A 1000/1 and injured jockeys financed by the Injured Jockey Fund winner? finally began last year. The vision and drive of enthusiastic trustee Jack Berry to create a flagship home for beneficiaries has quickly become a reality on the site of an old racing yard, Bourne House stables, close to the heart of Lambourn. Homebred Star was soon back in the Bob Read and more recently paddock after his ‘op. Nicky Henderson and Barry Britain’s leading equine sore, was back eating within a as he’s previously cruised up Hills trained hundreds of surgeon Ben Brain operated few minutes. The operation at the furlong pole only to winners from this base. on Homebred Star for his soft site has now healed well and run out of puff in the closing The horses have long palate and obstructed airway Ben suggested another 6 stages. Once he’s back in departed, their stables torn at the stud in early September. weeks at grass before starting work we’ll make plans which down, but the spirit of racing It was a half hour operation riding him. The hope is that may include a cross channel lives on at the new Oaksey VeuveVeuveVoom! which Ben said badly needed this wind operation will make raid to Mons (Belgium) or House, which will cost over doing. Dixey recovered quickly a significant difference to Duindigt (Holland) to race on £5 million to complete. and, though obviously very Dixey’s racecourse performance the all weather. When completed it will Our Superior Premium filly gets a new name John Oaksey was back in the provide permanent headlines last winter as the accommodation for 14 with Charlie, our 2008 foal by the spring and summer at home breeder and owner of the eight single units and three Superior Premium out of Gran before being backed and sent highly promising young What makes a successful doubles, plus an extra double Clicquot, seems suitably bred into training with the intention hurdler Carruthers. room offering a respite for a champagne related name. of making her racecourse debut Oaksey has a £10 win voucher stallion? home for our beneficiaries So The Wine Society circulated as a 2-year-old in 2010. Shares at 1000-1 about Carruthers all their members to solicit are being snapped up rapidly winning the Gold Cup one day, Winners. That’s probably the and their carers from other suggestions for the most keeps the connection and by Wine Society members so either at Cheltenham or Ascot. short answer - if you’re an parts of the country. Further appropriate ideas. We were sounds suitable for a youngster please call the office if you’re Placed 48 hours after owner or trainer. But breeders information: www.ijf.org.uk overwhelmed by the response we hope will prove to be a interested on 01293 884433. Carruthers was born, the bet look at it somewhat differently would produce a huge bonus hoping to maximize the profit receiving well over 1000 speedy juvenile. by selling youngsters at a suggestions - the most popular VeuveVeuveVoom certainly for the Injured Jockeys Fund if higher price than the cost of Did you being Premier Cru, Pinot Noir likes to speed through the grass the horse delivers on the production. This season’s league and Black Velvet. All excellent around the fields and our vet biggest stage. table assessed on profitability thoughts but sadly unavailable Richard says of her “she’s very Carruthers showed class and of stallions makes interesting know? due to already being registered strong and just gets bigger stamina by winning three reading. Arakan is the most Weatherbys is increasing names for other horses. from front to back - like a times over hurdles last season profitable sire - his offspring the range of information Ultimately we selected quarter horse!” Charlie will be including a valuable prize at generally fetching 14 times his for owners on its newly ‘VeuveVeuveVoom’ which weaned soon and then spend Warwick. So who knows! stud fee. He’s followed by expanded site at Acclamation in second place www.racingadmin.co.uk. (x13 his stud fee), then Arakan - selling at 14 x his stud fee Don’t mention Camacho (x11), Kheleyf (x9) being the cheapest at £2,700 above his stud fee whilst those The scandal of the Tote... and Piccolo (x9). Some you may and Acclamation the most that lashed out on a ‘top’ the war! Did you never have heard of, but the expensive at £6,000. So stallion, like Danehill Dancer Owners encouraged Recent events at the German factor they all share in common breeders using Arakan took a who’s covering fee is £50,000, Derby where jockey Martin is a low stud fee - Camacho whopping £40,000 over and saw sales average only £55,000. to ‘Buy British’ Dwyer rode Top Look into know? From the start of next third place are reminiscent of The Horse Racing Levy Board year’s turf flat season there Doncaster Town Moor. James I created Newmarket’s role as the an episode of ‘Dad’s Army’. The government made a in the current market. Insiders Some racing and the Thoroughbred will be no races for horses became the first monarch to centre of racing largely due to After the race, Martin Dwyer manifesto pledge ‘to sell the suggest that the Treasury is Breeders Association have rated 45 and below. milestones visit Newmarket in 1605 and the keen interest of Charles II combined in a new initiative tried to enter the V.I.P. Tote to racing for the benefit now so strapped for cash it The first recorded race meetings within 20 years the first Rules of who was a regular racegoer in to encourage the owners of lounge, where Top Look’s of racing’. However the hoped that by rejecting were in 1540 at Chester - which Racing were drawn up. Racing the 1660s. top jumping mares to have owners were celebrating, government turned down bids racing’s offer it might provoke is the oldest surviving at Epsom was recorded for the And this was all before the them covered by UK based only to be apprehended by a of £320 million and £400 a bidding war from the racecourse in Britain. 40 years first time in the 1640s - just 25 importation of the Byerley Turk stallions. Each owner will burly security man who kept million as being insufficient. bookmaking industry - but Stable visits later Queen Elizabeth I years before the first formal (1689) and the Darley Arabian receive a voucher for £3000 repeating “Vot is your But the severe turndown in the sadly greed seems to have If you would like to see your attended racing on Salisbury racecourse was laid out in the (1704) who were the founding to be set against the fee of name”. “Don’t tell him your financial outlook leads industry overtaken common sense. horse working on the gallops Plain and in 1595 the local town USA on Long Island, New York fathers of the modern British any British based stallion of name, Dwyer” was the chorus experts to wonder whether the And what of the promise to call the office on 01293 884433 map shows a racecourse on in 1665. Royal patronage thoroughbred. their choice. from the celebrating Brits! Tote is even worth £250 million keep the Tote for racing? and we’ll arrange it for you. W Post Winter/October 2008 15/10/08 12:38 pm Page 2 Mine winning his record equalling 3rd Snapshot Bunbury Cup ridden by Mick Kinane Polarity (left) working on Match Snapshot the gallops at Middleham in Broodmares Royal Brush (left) early October. dam of Sweep Home and making Snowy Mantle, dam of Divine White and Polarity. enjoy autumn sunshine and in 2009! the green, green grass of Gran Clicquot, dam of our the Homebred Stud. 2008 filly foal by Superior Premium, was rested this year after her first foal but will be covered again in the spring. So the search is on for the most suitable stallion. Gran Clicquot’s male line, (she’s by Gran Alba) could be described prizemoney. James says “He The added appeal as a as ‘stout’ whilst her female was a most wonderful horse potential stallion for Gran The English Classics Did you ancestors are clearly speedy. to train. He had a tremendous Clicquot is the inclusion of The English Classic races have Bay Middleton was one of the greatest So in choosing a stallion we’ll temperament, great Sing Sing, Mummy’s Pet and long been regarded as the early Classic winners in 1836 be looking for one that constitution and is very Tina’s Pet which echoes our supreme test of the racehorse. know? reinforces the speed element sound. I will be extremely mare’s own ancestry. Mine is And this is still true, although Plumpton is offering a in her pedigree. As we hope lucky to train another one by Group winning sprinter British prizemoney has long £60,000 bonus to a novice Superior Premium will have like him and will also be Primo Dominie who’s progeny been eclipsed by many other chase winner on their track done! It’s a coincidence that a surprised if his record of 3 have already earned over £10 races overseas.