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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Isaac Shelby, who became the first Governor of Kentucky in 1791, is believed to have inspired the Kentucky state motto: 'United we stand, divided we fall'. He sounds like he would have been a good man to run British racing, but the best we can hope for now is that his equine namesake makes as much of a success of his stallion career as the real Shelby did in his career in the military and politics. It quickly became clear that Night Of Thunder (Ire) was a pretty special stallion when he ran away with the first-season sires' championship of 2019. Members of that first crop helped to sustain that impression, like Highfield Princess (Fr), who really came into her own as a five-year-old, and is one of three Group 1 winners from that first batch of Night Of Thunder's stock. The group winners have kept coming, and Isaac Shelby (GB), from his sire's fourth crop, now holds the distinction of being the first son of Night Of Thunder to retire to stud. He is noteworthy for other reasons, too, as Isaac Shelby was among the earliest private purchases for Wathnan Racing back in 2023 and he also becomes the first of that operation's burgeoning band of runners to take up stallion duties. Others will surely follow. Now five, this week marks the official start of Isaac Shelby's covering duties at Newsells Park Stud. He enjoyed an away day to Tattersalls during the February Sale when he joined the stallion parade, and where he appeared not to turn a hair at the prospect of being back out in public with plenty of other horses around. “I've dealt with a few Night Of Thunders and that Dubawi sire-line a fair bit, and I've known that their temperament is generally very good, but this horse seems to have an exceptional nature,” says Julian Dollar, general manager of Newsells Park Stud. “He'd had a year off from when he sustained an injury, so he hadn't been out, but he came into the yard and settled into cage turnout then paddock turnout very easily. He's a very kind horse, and he's just a lovely character.” Bred by Elaine Chivers from the unraced Heliostatic (Ire) mare Kentucky Belle (Ire), Isaac Shelby's dam may have been bred in Ireland but her name, like that of her son, points to her American heritage. The mare's stakes-placed dam Mine Inning (Mining) was a juvenile winner who went on to produce nine winners from her 11 runners, including the GII scorer Ramazutti (Honor Grades). In fact, Mine Inning's first two dams also produced a heap of winners: 19 between them from 22 runners, with a liberal sprinkling of black type across the page. A shade over 16hh, Isaac Shelby should suit most mares physically. He is inbred 3×3 to Galileo (Ire), the sire of Heliostatic and of Night Of Thunder's dam Forest Storm (Ire). “We think the 3×3 inbreeding to Galileo is a positive,” Dollar says. “I think you can breed him to Sadler's Wells-line mares, which has obviously worked very well with Dubawi and Night Of Thunder, but if we treat him like a Night Of Thunder, we know that they work very well with with Nureyev and Pivotal. You've got Economics, who is out of a Peintre Celebre mare.” He continues, “We know that Night Thunder works particularly well with Danzig, and you've got [G1 Fillies' Mile winner] Desert Flower, who is out of a Danzig-line mare and is by Night Of Thunder. We know that Night Of Thunder works very well with Danehill, and of course with his Galileo in the pedigree, you'd imagine that would be a very good combination for Isaac Shelby. “Dubawi has worked with Monsun, Sharpen Up. I mean, the great thing about that sire-line is it works with pretty much any dam-line.” A £92,000 purchase at the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale by Sam Sangster, Isaac Shelby was out early at two for trainer Brian Meehan, winning easily on debut at Newbury in May before going on to land the G2 Superlative Stakes in the year between Native Trail (GB) and City Of Troy winning the same race. His grandsire Dubawi also won the Superlative back in 2004. Well beaten in the G1 Dewhurst Stakes, he bounced back on his three-year-old debut to take the G3 Greenham Stakes from Charyn (Ire) during a memorable race in which the favourite – and subsequent 2,000 Guineas winner – Chaldean (GB) parted company with Frankie Dettori on exiting the stalls. From there, Isaac Shelby travelled to Longchamp for the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains. Dollar adds, “When he came out as a three-year-old, he won brilliantly on his debut in the Greenham Stakes, [which is] obviously a major Classic trial. He won that by three lengths from multiple Group 1-winning miler Charyn, with the rest of the field miles behind. So his obvious next step was to go for a Guineas, and he came within a short-head of winning a Guineas. He was in front, but he just got done on the line. He's a proper seven-to-eight-furlong horse. He's got that speed, he's got that precocity, so he's got an awful lot to offer.” With Wathnan Racing already boarding a number of mares at Newsells Park Stud, the arrival of Isaac Shelby to stand alongside Nathaniel (Ire), Without Parole (GB) and A'Ali (Ire) opens up a new avenue for the Qatari enterprise which has the Group 1-winning sprinter Kind Of Blue (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) among its burgeoning string of horses in training. “We're excited to be standing the only son of Night of Thunder, but the fact that he's owned by and we're doing it in partnership with Wathnan Racing is very important,” Dollar says. “These guys, I hope, are here to stay and they could have a major positive influence on the UK breeding and racing industry. They already have, and they have a lot to offer. “To work with two guys like Ollie Tait and Richard Brown is an absolute dream. They're so easy and they know the industry inside and out. They trust us to do a decent job. It's all done on yes and no on a phone call.” He adds, “They're going to support the horse, more so probably in the ring in the early days, as they're building up their broodmare band, so they're just starting in that regard. He means a lot to them. He was one of the first horses they bought – I think he probably was the first one they bought to to race on with. So I think he's important for them and they will support him accordingly.” The post Isaac Shelby a First for Night Of Thunder and Wathnan Racing appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
We are now in our second full year of operation at Stonereath Farm. As our Kentucky division, it has allowed Blue Diamond Stud to diversify and is now home to 16 of our mares. We are very lucky to have an excellent team to oversee the farm, headed by our CEO Ted Voute, farm manager Jenn Laidlaw and financial controller Erin Dilger. TDN chats with Imad Al Sagar to find out about the operation's mating plans for 2025 in America. ANGLE OF ATTACK, 7, Maclean's Music–Bourbon Warfare, by Colonel John. In foal to Bolt d'Oro. Visits Practical Joke. Angle Of Attack is a young stakes-winning mare. We used Practical Joke last season on another young stakes winner, Dancing Kiki (Blame), who is being rested this year. Practical Joke is going from strength to strength and we were keen to support him again with this mare who should really suit him physically. When we visited Ashford Stud in November, we also had a good look at Domestic Product. It's hard not to be impressed with him–he's very good looking with size and scope and we thought he'd suit another of our mares, New Jazz. She's a winning daughter of Scat Daddy, a line that Practical Joke has obviously done very well with in Chile. ARWA, 11, Holy Roman Emperor–Another Storm, by Gone West. In foal to Elite Power. Visits Blame. Arwa is a winning half-sister to European champion Order Of St George and a granddaughter of American champion 2-year-old Storm Song. It's a versatile family that is effective on both sides of the Atlantic, turf and dirt. Blame's stud record is underpinned by a similar versatility, plus he has a good relationship with mares carrying Danzig and Danehill. We are keen to bring in more Roberto blood into our stock and have regularly used Blame to that effect in recent years. Both of Arwa's runners to date have won and her 2-year-old filly by Wootton Bassett goes to Andrew Balding. BEAUTE CACHEE, 6, Literato–Sign And Seal by Hurricane Run. Visits Justify. Beaute Cachee was a top-class racemare who won the GI Jenny Wiley Stakes and the GII Ballston Spa Stakes. She was also very tough, winning six races overall from two to five years. So we were delighted to add her to Blue Diamond in November–especially as being a daughter of Literato, she descends from Grey Sovereign via Kendor. Our strategy is to develop a broodmare band built on diverse bloodlines, we were keen to bring this particular line into that and physically Beaute Cachee is what you'd expect from a granddaughter of Kendor. She's going to receive every chance, firstly by sending her to Justify, a stallion we've already done well with as the breeder of Wonderful Justice. With bases in Newmarket and Kentucky, it's appealing that the resulting progeny should work in either Europe or the US. BLUE DIAMOND, 6, Galileo–Pearling by Storm Cat. In foal to Siyouni. Visits Justify. A homebred sister to our multiple GI winner Decorated Knight and out of Pearling, a sister to Giant's Causeway and Gleneagles' dam You'resothrilling. The cross of Justify over Galileo has obviously been very successful and we hope to follow that pattern with this mare from one of our most successful families. Blue Diamond's first foal, a 2-year-old colt by Siyouni, will be trained by John and Thady Gosden. CHANTRY VIEW ROAD, 4, Quality Road–Molly Corbin by War Front. Visits McKinzie. A new addition, Chantry View Road is out of a half-sister to champion Peeping Fawn and from a family previously associated with Stonereath being a direct descendant of Best In Show, who resided at the farm while it was under the ownership of Darrell and Lindy Brown. It's obviously one of the deepest and most international families in the stud book and we're going to give her every chance, starting with McKinzie. What he has achieved with his first crop is impressive and we were keen to support him. CHILI FLAG, 6, Cityscape–Flag Day by Pivotal. Visits Not This Time. We were thrilled to add Chili Flag in November. She has a similar profile to Beaute Cachee in that she was a very sound, hard-knocking GI winner, in her case when winning the Just A Game Stakes at Saratoga, who belongs to a sire line–Sharpen Up–that is unfortunately becoming harder to find. Chili Flag is a strong mare quite typical of her sire Cityscape and his sire Selkirk, who continues to remain very relevant through his daughters as we've seen again in recent years through the likes of Elmalka and Inspiral. We've been supporters of Not This Time for several seasons, impressed with what he's done in both the US and Europe off lower fees, and feel he should suit this mare both physically and on paper. There is also the potential for the progeny to work in either the US or Europe, especially as Chili Flag is a granddaughter of Blue Duster, a brilliant 2-year-old in her day for David Loder, from the good Blue Note family. DAWN OF HOPE, 12, Mastercraftsman–Sweet Firebird by Sadler's Wells. In foal to Justify. Visits Blame. Another pencilled in this year to tap into Roberto blood via Blame. Listed winner Dawn Of Hope is a valued member of our band whose first three foals have all won. Andre Fabre has her 3-year-old filly, Gaugamela (Sea The Stars), and will train her 2-year-old colt by Pinatubo. Blame, being a versatile sire who has been effective with European type Danzig-line mares before, should suit, plus the mating brings in inbreeding to Special. FLORET, 9, Galileo–Ventura by Spectrum. In foal to Justify. Visits Not This Time. A half-sister to Moonlight Cloud from the Doff The Derby family whose first foal Shamran (Kingman) won for us last year. We have retained her third foal, a 2-year-old filly by Palace Pier, to go to Ralph Beckett. She has a yearling filly by Blame to follow. As outlined above, we are keen to make use of Not This Time given his upward curve and how versatile he is when it comes to the US or Europe, turf or dirt etc. Plus he's produced several stakes winners to Sadler's Wells-line mares already. Free Look, I'm Wonderful, and Dawn Of Hope | Courtesy Blue Diamond Stud FREE LOOK, 5, Tapit–Wild Mint by Medaglia d'Oro. In foal to Gun Runner. Visits Curlin. A Grade II-placed relation to Violence, Free Look will visit Curlin. The success of the Curlin – A.P. Indy cross is well known and more specifically through Tapit via the likes of Cody's Wish and Tenfold. Free Look is a very good-looking mare full of quality who was a good 2-year-old, so there's plenty of reasons to think she will complement Curlin. With her race record and pedigree, especially being by such a dominant broodmare sire in Tapit, we have high hopes for her. I'M WONDERFUL, 9, Giant's Causeway–Rebridled Dreams by Unbridled's Song. In foal to Tapit. Visits Gun Runner. A well-bred young stakes producer. I'm Wonderful is a sister to GI winner Carpe Diem whose first foal, Wonderful Justice (Justify), won the Black Gold Stakes for us. Her 3-year-old filly Sashay Away (Curlin) also won on debut last year and she has a yearling colt by Blame to come. She's still only 9 but being already proven, she warrants going to the best. By sending her to Gun Runner, we inbreed to Giant's Causeway–however the fact that Gunite, one of Gun Runner's top horses, is inbred to him gave us the confidence to head down that route. MANASAROVA, 12, More Than Ready–Manaahil by Mr Greeley. In foal to Blame. Visits Karakontie. Dam of French stakes winner Sicilian Defense and stakes-placed herself, Manasarova heads to Karakontie, a proven GI stallion who we feel consistently punches above his weight. This mating mirrors the cross that produced She Feels Pretty while on broader terms, it's notable how well he's done when more Hail To Reason blood is added, Princess Grace and Sugoi being good examples. NOURIYA, 19, Danehill Dancer–Majestic Sakeena by King's Best. Visits Justify. Our first homebred stakes winner, Nouriya's first foal was our G2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes winner Aljazzi, whose Frankel filly sold for 4,400,000gns last year. She's a mare who continues to deserve the best and Justify fits the bill, especially given how effective he's already proven to be with mares carrying Danehill. OCEAN SAFARI, 6, Temple City–Media Access by Devil's Bag. Foaled colt by Not This Time. Visits Tapit. Ocean Safari is a stakes-winning daughter of Temple City who joined Stonereath in November 2023. We have it in the back of our mind to utilize some of these older stallions while we still can and Tapit obviously fits that bracket. He's perfect as a proven option for a young mare and particularly in this instance in that Ocean Safari's pedigree is a combination of two lines of Hail To Reason, an influence Tapit has fared well with. QUEEN OFTHE TEMPLE, 7, Temple City–Queenameina by Read The Footnotes. In foal to Uncle Mo. Visits War Front. The second of our stakes-winning Temple City mares and a particularly tough one typical of the Dynaformer line who is from a hard-knocking family. War Front still remains among the best when it comes to the figures, such as his 11% black-type winners to foals of racing age, and not only should he suit this mare physically but there's also his well known affinity for mares carrying Roberto blood. TAIGA, 6, Bernardini–Winter Forest by Forestry. In foal to Curlin. Visits McKinzie. We have been looking for a Bernardini mare for several years and were delighted to add Taiga, a young winning relation to Arabian Knight, at the Keeneland November Sale. We're keen to support McKinzie after the success of his first 2-year-olds and Taiga seemed the natural choice seeing that Chancer McPatrick is also out of a Bernardini mare. The post 2025 Mating Plans, Presented by Spendthrift Farm: Blue Diamond’s Stonereath Farm appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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The Kingdom of Bahrain has extended its sponsorship at The July Festival at Newmarket by five years, up to and including 2029. Already the longest standing sponsor at Newmarket's premier summer meeting, the Kingdom of Bahrain has supported the Group 3 Bahrain Trophy since its inception in 1991. From 2023, they extended that support to the Group 2 Princess of Wales's Stakes and the Group 2 July Stakes. Sophie Able, Newmarket Racecourses and International Director, said, “The relationship between The Jockey Club and The Kingdom of Bahrain continues to go from strength to strength, and we are delighted to be extending this partnership with them. “As our longest-standing sponsor at The July Festival, with its support of the Bahrain Trophy stretching back over 30 years, we are truly grateful to His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa and the Bahrain Turf Club for continuing to support not only these three races but also Newmarket Racecourses and The Jockey Club.” Yusuf Buheji, CEO of the Bahrain Turf Club added, “We are delighted to announce a five-year extension to our contract with The Jockey Club. “The news underlines our commitment not only to supporting British racing but also to developing our partnership with Newmarket and further building the Kingdom of Bahrain's association with the opening day of the July Festival. “Continued international participation is fundamental to our ambitions for growth and the timing of the July Festival provides a great platform from which to launch each year's upcoming season in Bahrain and specifically key events such as the Bahrain International Trophy and the Bahrain Turf Series. “Through our partnership with The Jockey Club and alignment with the world's leading racing jurisdictions, the aim is to further raise the standard of racing in Bahrain and welcome more international visitors.” The post The Kingdom Of Bahrain Extends Sponsorship Of The Newmarket July Festival appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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