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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
So You Think (NZ) (High Chaparral), one of New Zealand’s greatest thoroughbred exports, has passed away, aged 19. Bred by Mike Moran and Piper Farm, So You Think was by former Windsor Park Stud stallion High Chaparral and out of Group Two-winning mare Triassic. He was offered through Windsor Park Stud’s 2008 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale draft and was purchased by bloodstock manager Duncan Ramage on behalf of owner Dato Tan Chin Nam for $110,000. He entered the care of legendary trainer Bart Cummings, for whom he made an instant impact as a juvenile, winning on debut over 1400m at Rosehill. He returned as a three-year-old where he truly left his mark, winning the Gr.3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) before taking out the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) at just his fifth start. The striking colt, with his distinct long forelock, would become a fan favourite and go on to win another four Group One races in Australia carrying Dato Tan Chin Nam’s famous silks, including defending his crown in the Cox Plate. It was fitting that his Australian swansong was the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), a race his trainer had made his own, and he ran on gallantly to finish third behind Americain. He was described by Bart Cummings as “perfection on four legs, you don’t get any better than him, he is the finest, most genuine horse I have ever trained”. So You Think was subsequently sold to Coolmore and continued his racing career in the Northern Hemisphere for Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien, for whom he won a further five Group One races before retiring to stud at Coolmore. He proved to be a prolific producer, siring 66 individual stakes winners and 12 individual Group One winners to date, including three-time Group One winner Think It Over. Coolmore announced on Monday that So You Think had passed away after succumbing to a short illness while receiving care at Scone Equine Hospital. Coolmore’s Tom Magnier said So You Think was very popular with farm visitors and will be a massive loss to the industry. “When people visit Coolmore, more often than not the stallion most of them really want to see is So You Think,” he said. “He was an absolute gentleman, an incredibly kind and intelligent horse and this is a sad day for all the staff that have looked after him so well at Coolmore since he retired in 2012. “We are so lucky to have had him and watch him develop into one of the country’s truly elite sires. He provided me with so many great memories on racetracks throughout the world as both a racehorse and a stallion. “I will never forget the day he sired three Group One winners in a day at Randwick in 2022, but equally the day he provided Joseph O’Brien with his first Royal Ascot winner as a jockey in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes in 2012.” View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Homebred Ceolwulf’s (NZ) (Tavistock) successful defence of his Gr.1 King Charles III Stakes (1600m) title ensured Cambridge Stud celebrated a top day at Randwick. Their colours were carried by James McDonald into fifth aboard Joliestar in Saturday’s Gr.1 The Everest (1200m) before the Joe Pride-trained farm graduate bounced back to his best in the weight-for-age feature. “We would have loved to have won The Everest with Joliestar, but it wasn’t to be, and then the day finished on a real high with Ceolwulf,” Cambridge Stud’s Scott Calder said. “I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t lost a bit of confidence along the way, he won the race 12 months ago and Joe Pride has been so positive about him, but his form had been indifferent. “In the end, it was a masterstroke for him to have the blinkers up his sleeve, and it was awesome to see him back to that level again.” Ceolwulf was sold on behalf of the stud by Riversley Park at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale where Pride secured him with Leighton Fowl for $170,000. He is out of the Shamardal mare Las Brisas, whose Almanzor filly Lupa Capitolina was also bought at Karaka by Pride for $260,000 and has twice finished in behind the major players from three appearances. A half-brother will be part of Cambridge Stud’s draft to the 2026 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale. “That’s the real upside with a Sword Of State heading to Karaka, it’s exciting on both fronts with the stallion having his first stakes winner (Torture) and then Ceolwulf adding his third Group One to the page,” Calder said. “No doubt, he will be one of the most highly anticipated horses in our draft and he’s already got a profile as the horse the Guerin Report has been following since birth. “He’s a really nice colt and a different sort to Ceolwulf, who was in that lighter framed Tavistock mould and a later developing, middle distance type of horse. “The Sword Of State colt is very much in keeping with the stock the stallion throws, a medium-size, very mature and strong horse with a good hind quarter.” The unraced Las Brisas foaled a daughter this season to stud newcomer Chaldean. “She has left a beautiful filly this year and whether she goes to public auction is probably pretty unlikely,” Calder said. “For the sake of Chaldean, it’s fantastic to have such a really nice foal out of one of our best mares. “All going to plan, the mare will be covered by I Am Invincible this year and obviously is a mare befitting of going to a stallion of that calibre.” Las Brisas purchased for 50,000gns at the 2018 Tattersalls December Mare Sale. “As everyone knows with breeding, you have to have long range plans and investment and it can really pay dividends,” Calder said. “Even prior to owning Cambridge Stud, Brendan and Jo (Lindsay) invested in European bloodstock sales and those rewards are coming to bear now,” Calder said. “Las Brisas is an example of that, a well-related daughter of Shamardal and Brendan was at the sale that year with (bloodstock agent) John Foote and (stud CEO) Henry Plumptre and now she’s produced one of the best middle-distance horses in Australasia.” View the full article -
Think you're living in the past a bit , when 2 yearold trots were just Non-tote run before the race program. This century the leading stables are excellent at getting young horses to the races. I guess I have to Grant you leeway as the South Island with it's Cold weather , has always been notoriously slow at getting horses to the races at a young age. NEWS FLASH : Mr Galah . The season dates changed . Is now excellent to get your 2 year-old to the races this time of year before they turn 3 on January 1st. HRNZ (and ALL the Aus states have been excellent at running SIRES Stakes racing for 2 , 3 ( and in Aus 4 year olds as well) this is always Super important. You also have the excellent Harness Millions and great stuff like that. Don't talk about Owners like they're stupid . They want their horses at the races at an early age , and your leading trainers ARE CAPABLE of doing this . Counterproductive ???? that's just rubbish mate 🤣. (well I guess it's counterproductive to those that can't train as well as Barry 😂😂, but only Mark is better and he has the same Roy bloodlines ? 😁🏆💰 Barry Purdon/Phelan had MEANT TO BE and a couple of other young trotters earning Big money last year. As does the Dunn's and Hope's (great trainers of young 2 and 3 year old trotters) and their Owners GET a QUID. Great trainers getting great results the pacing section see's Stonewall keen to get Amongst these HUGE 2 year old pacing racing. Telfers are great trainers getting the YOUNGSTERS going , (Like Barry/Phelan and Ray Green in the North) and so get a Lot of Wins. Marketplace was terrific last season as 2 yearold (with the Choc's as well pushing him hard) Allstars . Heres another Example I would think if you Phone the Stonewall Bloke that paid $300,000 for 2 yearlings each, early this year at record prices , he will be expecting them to hit the track and wwwwwwin as 2 year olds.? He won't be just 'popping them in the paddock' . Like your good old days until they're 4 . 🤣😉 of course they' lol be pushing them . Mad if they don't . They're tough well bred horses. Buy a yearling . race at 2 . All the leading Aus barns do that too. You are ignoring the real REALITY my friend. Haven't you watched the trends this century ? (Just as a small note for you, I used to qualify my horses in NZ as a late 2 yearold. But the weather turned to nasty by Winter when the season ended , so they were spelled un-raced usually, and I raced them in Maiden 3 year olds in the summer when horses are easier to work/train and the enjoyment is much better. Now with the Season date Change to the Normal year Calender ( A TRULY EXCELLENT DEVELOPEMENT) you can race your 2 year-old towards the end of the year EVERY Season , at the end of the year now. No excuses!!! . It has been the major breakthrough the Sport Needed ) -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
A colt by Curlin (hip 268) lit up the board at the first session of the Fasig-Tipton October sale when bringing a final bid of $900,000 from Legion Bloodstock's Kristian Villante. Villante was bidding on behalf of a partnership of Legion clients led by the Hudson family's Hoolie Racing. Bred by Alpha Delta Stables and consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, the yearling is the first foal out of Canadian champion Munnyfor Ro (Munnings). Alpha Delta purchased the mare, with the colt in utero, for $900,000 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton November sale. The post Curlin Colt to Legion Bloodstock for $900k at Fasig-Tipton October appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
if what you said actually played out ,then yes that would make sense. But it doesn't and has never done so. Your making an argument that simply ignores reality. trainers/owners know that pushing their young horses to enable them to be a likely also ran in a high stake race is rather pointless and often counterproductive. its been like that for decades.How long a pattern do people have to have befiore they see something. Administrators can ignore the obvious,but its obvious to everyone else.. administrators woke up a little with their 2 year old bonuses this year and announced and in effect announced,hey these 2 year old bonuses we have been paying,well,duh,they failed to get any more starters so what we will try next is ,lets pay them $4000 to run last at their first 2 year old start if a horse meets the sale conditions..In other words they admitted they had failed but doubled down on failure and went again with another hair brained scheme that benefitted only a very small % of the industry.
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