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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
DEAUVILLE, France — Plenty of people will be cheering on the two runners of Charlie Fellowes in the French Classics on Sunday, not least because the trainer has booked Kieran Shoemark for both horses after a tumultuous week for the jockey. But there will be one person hoping perhaps harder than any for dream results for Luther in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Shes Perfect in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and that's Will Douglass, the agent responsible for matching each horse to their respective owners. Douglass is a familiar face on the sales scene having spent the last 15 years working alongside Charlie Gordon-Watson, but from the beginning of this year he went out on his own under the banner of Will Douglass Bloodstock. He now has a double shot at enhancing his record as an agent with two Group 1 runners within 40 minutes of each other. Douglass is back at the Arqana Breeze-up Sale where last year he found Shes Perfect for Fellowes and the Basher Watts Racing Syndicate. The daughter of Sioux Nation, who was breezed by Ryan Conran of Lacka House Stables, was initially led out of the Arqana ring unsold, but Douglass urged Fellowes to take the filly and agreed a private sale of €50,000 with the vendor. She won her maiden on debut at Haydock with Shoemark aboard and was then third in the valuable British EBF Fillies' Series Final at Goodwood. This year, only the favourite for Sunday's Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, the Aga Khan Studs' representative Zarigana, could get the better of her in the G3 Prix de la Grotte, in which Shes Perfect was beaten a neck when second. “Shes Perfect is owned by a microshare syndicate set up by Basher Watts and there are around 60 people going to Longchamp with the filly on Sunday,” said Douglass between two-year-old inspections at Arqana. “Basher has this lovely filly and he has a kind of social media-based syndicate, and the content that she is producing for him has been incredible.” The agent, who is based in Wiltshire, works closely with Fellowes, who now trains from Bedford House Stables, where Douglass previously spent time working as an assistant to the yard's former owner Luca Cumani. He also served stints with Ed Dunlop and David Hayes in Australia before deciding that the sales beat was the life for him. “I always liked the sales and I was never that keen to be a trainer,” he says. “They're both a way of life – racing is an all-consuming career for people where they can do all sorts of different things. “It's not easy to find people who want to spend a lot of money on yearlings to race in Europe so horses in training are an easier way to get going. I sell a lot of stuff privately, mainly to Hong Kong and Qatar.” In the case of Luther, the smartly-bred son of Frankel out of the G3 Musidora Stakes winner Give And Take (Cityscape), Douglass did however have a client keen to find some yearlings to race. Paul Hickman is now the majority owner of the colt, in partnership with breeder Nicholas Jones of Coln Valley Stud. Luther has won two of his five starts to date, including last season's Listed Ascendant Stakes at Haydock. His sole start this year saw him finish a length behind Juddmonte's Detain when second in Chelmsford's Cardinal Stakes, and the pair will meet again on Sunday in the 18-strong field for the Poule d'Essai des Poulains. “Nicholas Jones has kept a leg but Paul Hickman wanted to spend some money on yearlings, he wanted a Frankel and he wanted a horse to run in the Classics,” Douglass says. “He bought two horses that year – Luther was one and Sword Of Wessex was the other one – so it's amazing for him and Luther probably has a great each-way chance.” Amazing for Hickman, and satisfying indeed for the man responsible for buying two Classic runners on the same day. The post Douglass Doubles Up in French Classics as he Launches Solo Agency 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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