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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
A bay daughter of Into Mischief (hip 513) sold post-sale for $275,000 to top the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company October Yearling Sale, the company announced Saturday. Initially a $290,000 RNA through the ring during the Oct. 8 session, the filly went Tami Bobo's way from the Glen Hill Farm consignment who also bred her from their mare, MSW/MGSP Compelled (War Front). With the post-sale result, the Into Mischief filly becomes the highest priced horse sold at this year's October Yearling Sale, topping the $240,000 brought by Christophe Nouvellet on behalf of Dream With Me Florida for a filly by Mo Donegal. The post Into Mischief Filly Brings $275k Post Sale To Top OBS October 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
Night Of Thunder colt Gewan ignited another Classic dream for his owner Yuesheng Zhang, who has already won the Irish Oaks with Magical Lagoon (Galileo) and came close to 2,000 Guineas glory with Lucky Vega (Lope De Vega), who is now a stallion under his dual-hemisphere Yulong operation. Zhang already has a significant racing and breeding operation in Australia, where his runners include the multiple Group 1 winner Via Sistina (Fastnet Rock) – bought from Tattersalls for 2.7 million gns two years ago – and where he has an 11-strong stallion roster. The owner-breeder is now increasing his focus on Britain, according to his racing and bloodstock manager Paul Curran. “We have about 70 horses in training at the moment between UK, Ireland and France. We've put a lot of onus on the UK now in the last couple of years,” Curran said. Earlier this year it was announced that the stallions Shaquille and Soldier's Call, based at Steve Parkin's Dullingham Park Stud, had been bought by Yulong Investments. The farm, recently rechristened Ace Stud, is now owned by Zhang's son-in-law Harrison Li, who was present at Newmarket to collect Gewan's Darley Dewhurst trophy. Thoughts have already turned to the grey colt potentially joining the Ace Stud roster but not before he attempts to emulate his trainer Andrew Balding's first Dewhurst winner, Chaldean (Frankel), who went on to win the 2,000 Guineas. Curran continued, “It's a pleasure to have a horse like this and to have a horse that could be something special next year. Even to be able to mention something like the Guineas next year. It's phenomenal.” He continued, “Andrew's saying he reminds him quite a lot of Chaldean. Before we bought the horse, we were down with Andrew and he said he just reminds him exactly of how he was. “This is the start of it all for us. This is a phenomenal horse. Mr Zhang's a happy man, I can tell you that. I can't put into words how happy we are. We bought Ace Stud – Dullingham Park Stud as it was – and it's a very beautiful spot.” He added of the Yulong founder, who is currently in his native China, “I'm delighted for Mr Zhang, who has put so much into racing. He's a phenomenal man and he's done so much for the game. I'm delighted that we can give back to him with a Group 1 winner. It's something else. “We're obviously starting up a breeding operation outside Newmarket, so we want to have good colts. He looks like he might just be a good chance for us.” Gewan's sire Night Of Thunder increased his lead at the head of the British and Irish sires' championship with two Group winners at Newmarket on Saturday, the other being Sheikh Mohammed Obaid's G3 Autumn Stakes winner Hankelow. The post ‘This Is The Start Of It All For Us’: Yulong’s Paul Curran Lauds Gewan’s Dewhurst Win 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
The Coolmore partners' G1 Fillies' Mile heroine Precise (Starspangledbanner) has been awarded a mark of 113p by Timeform for her Newmarket heroics. She leads the rankings for her age and sex, with Aidan O'Brien stablemate and G1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner True Love (No Nay Never) is second at 111. G1 Prix Morny victress Venetian Sun (Starman) is third for Karl Burke at 110p, while another O'Brien runner, G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Diamond Necklace (St Mark's Basilica) is fourth at 109p. Group winner and G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes second Beautify (Wootton Bassett) and Cheveley Park Stakes runner-up Havana Anna (Havana Grey) share a rank of 108. Precise ranks below wide-margin Fillies Mile winners and subsequent G1 1000 Guineas heroines Desert Flower (Night Of Thunder) (118) and Minding (Galileo) (121). Timeform handicapper Simon Baker said, “Aidan O'Brien tightened his stranglehold on the division by winning a third Group 1 for two-year-old fillies inside two weeks, and Precise's win in the Fillies' Mile looks a superior effort to those that saw True Love win the Cheveley Park and Diamond Necklace the Marcel Boussac. “There are only a few pounds in it either way, though, and with big-priced runners completing the placings, it's hard to rate this as a vintage Fillies' Mile, allowing that Precise won it with her ears pricked, looking value for at least another length.” The post Precise Leads Timeform’s Juvenile Filly Rankings 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
Left out of most equations following his fourth in the Champagne, Yuesheng Zhang's Gewan (Night Of Thunder) bounced back in style on unseasonably quick ground to cause a 25-1 upset in Saturday's G1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes. Always in the front line under James Doyle, the Andrew Balding-trained grey who had earlier won the Acomb at York drifted over to the stand's rail but maintained his momentum to deny Ballydoyle's well-backed 7-4 favourite Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) by 3/4 of a length. Godolphin's Distant Storm (Night Of Thunder) was 1 1/2 lengths away in third. “The Champagne was on slow ground and he moved beautifully on the way to post–he has a nice, flowing action so I can see why soft ground at Doncaster didn't suit him,” James Doyle said. “He is very straightforward to deal with and he found an early rhythm, which is so important on this track.” “He really whooshed down into the dip and I let him flow down into it as Kieren Fallon says he used to like doing,” he added. “Track is fine and a mile will be fine, so the Guineas is there for him–he's very uncomplicated and has ticks in all the boxes.” The post Dewhurst Glory For Night Of Thunder’s Gewan 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
The Group 1-placed G3 Prix des Chenes hero Misunderstood (Hello Youmzain) (lot 372) is one of the highlights of Arqana's Autumn Sale catalogue which was revealed on Saturday. The sale is responsible for top-level graduates under both codes, and in addition to Misunderstood, will also offer group winners Midak (Footstepsinthesand) (lot 374) and Roshvar (Siyouni) (lot 375). Among the stores and NH yearlings are siblings to Grade 1 winners St Donats (Saint Des Saints) (lot 534); Jade De Grugy (Doctor Dino) (lot 540), Ches Demonmirail (Doctor Dino) (lot 603); Stormy Ireland (Motivator) (lot 612); and We Have A Dream (Martaline) (lot 690). The breeding stock portion of the sale includes foals that are siblings to Grade 1 winner Gaillard Du Mesnil (Saint Des Saints) (lot 721), Stormy Ireland (lot 848) and Pic D'Orhy (Turgeon) (lot 912). Grade 1 scorer Flying Chaser (lot 755) is carrying to Jigme. Stallions Chanducoq (lot 709) and Doha Dream (lot 710) will also be sold. Set for November 17-20 and beginning at 11 a.m. each day, the sale features 833 lots under both codes. There are 263 Flat and National Hunt horses-in-training, 56 two-year-old stores, 221 NH-bred yearlings, and 241 mares and foals. The Arqana November Yearling Sale is directly before the Autumn Sale, featuring 123 colts and fillies on Saturday, November 15. The Autumn Sale schedule is as follows: November 17: horses-in-training, November 18: two-year-old stores and NH yearlings, November 19: NH yearlings continued, and November 20: NH breeding stock (fillies and mares, foals and stallions). There are also a handful of horses sold by court order–three horses-in-training, a mare and a foal (lots 141-145) which will sell at the very start of the November 17 session. The post Misunderstood Leads Arqana Autumn Catalogue 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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