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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
At €65,000, St Mark's Basilica (Fr) was the most expensive horse to retire to stud in 2022, with a racetrack performance and pedigree that justified the fee. After all, he was the world-champion three-year-old, European champion two-year-old and Cartier Horse of the Year, with a race record that included five straight Group 1 wins, from the Dewhurst at two straight through to the Irish Champion Stakes the following autumn. By Siyouni (Fr) out of the Galileo (Ire) Group-winning mare Cabaret (Ire), he is a half-brother to the Classic winner Magna Grecia (Ire). As expected, St Mark's Basilica's first yearlings were in demand at Arqana August, the first major yearling sale on the European calendar, with nine selling for an average of €406,666, establishing him as the runaway leader among first-crop yearling sires. And there's still lots to come; there are 20 more catalogued in Book 1 at Goffs Orby, and another 16 in Book 1 at Tattersalls. It's also of interest to note that St Mark's Basilica's full-sister appears in Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, offered as lot 107 by Norelands Stud, where the mare is boarded by Australian breeder Bob Scarborough. In the wake of his performance at Arqana, St Mark's Basilica appears to be well on his way to living up to the pre-sales reviews for his yearlings. Ecurie des Monceaux's Henri Bozo, who topped the sale with a €1.7 million St. Mark's Basilica filly, brought three fillies by the sire to the sale, averaging €850,000 per. “St Mark's Basilica was a very impressive performer,” said Bozo. “He was exceptional. He showed early, early quality, early speed. He won the (G1) Dewhurst, the (G1) French Guineas and the (G1) French Derby, which is a stallion-making race, and the (G1) Eclipse. He was a top-class two-year-old, and the best three-year-old in Europe. So he was an obvious horse that we were going to use and we sent him four mares the first year.” One of those mares was Prudenzia, the dam of G1 Irish Oaks winner Chicquita (Montjeu) and G1 Mackinnon Stakes winner Magic Wand (Galileo {Ire}). “The St Mark's Basilica–Prudenzia yearling has been outstanding since she was born here. She was a very easy mover with a lot of quality, a very good mind, and a lot of power in front. She was a queen, really. We all agreed that we were very happy to show strong support to St Mark's Basilica. Coolmore had been great supporters of Prudenzia's progeny over the years. So it was a pleasure to support him with a top-class mare.” Michel Zerolo compared St Mark's Basilica's offspring to those of Nureyev prior to the sale, and came away with one, a filly from Haras d'Ellon for €200,000. “In general, they have good balance, athleticism, a very expressive head with a wide forehead and good eye,” said Zerolo. “The sort of horse that I like. From the looks of them, they look to be precocious. Maybe not Royal Ascot precocious, but definitely two-year-olds and I would expect them to be milers.” Of the filly he purchased, he said, “She was a very good mover. Not overly big, but very athletic. It's a family that I have had good luck with. So the whole thing attracted me.” Other buyers of his yearlings included Japanese trainer Yoshito Yahagi; Al Shaqab, which spent €775,000 on two fillies; Mandore International; and Hubert Guy. “The St Mark's Basilicas were overall really nice yearlings,” said Guy, who bought lot 114 for €90,000, and who lost out on lot 160 when he went to €225,000 and was purchased by Al Shaqab. “The colt I bought looked exactly like a good Siyouni. He walked extremely well, and he has a lot of growth ahead of him, so I thought he would have brought much more in the October sale, and when he balances out, he's going to be a lovely horse. There are a lot of similarities between his yearlings and the Siyounis. They are very straightforward in the look, in their eyes. Very good movers, like Siyounis. Athletic, and neither too big nor too small.” David O'Loughlin, Coolmore's Director of Sales said he saw his maternal grandsire in him. “There is a lot of Galileo in them,” he said. “He has the most magnificent head, which is always a trait of the Galileos. When he's walking, he has that Galileo walk, that lovely, graceful, extended action and Galileo gives so much quality to his produce. And like Galileo, he was a tough horse. But Galileo got beaten in the Irish Champion stakes. And so St. Mark's Basilica went one step further.” With three dozen more getting ready to go through the ring in the next two weeks, can the sire keep up the momentum? O'Loughlin said he's hopeful. “Look, I'm very I'm very excited about St Mark's Basilica,” he said. “I hate that expression `ticks all the boxes,' but he reminds me of horses like Sadler's Wells and Galileo. You know those proper horses with a lot of class, who were tough and could win a lot of good ones, with the physical and the pedigree to match. And they're pretty unique. They only come along every few years. So fingers crossed he can get the business done for us.” The post After Arqana Bonanza, St Mark’s Basilica Yearlings Head for Orby, Tattersalls 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
Successful in the G3 Tyros Stakes at Leopardstown and second in The Curragh's G2 Futurity Stakes over seven furlongs, the Silverton Hill Partnership's Hotazhell (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}–Azenzar {GB}, by Danehill Dancer {Ire}) showed that a strongly-run mile holds no fears as he conquered Saturday's G2 Beresford Stakes back at the Kildare venue. Positioned off the pace set by Ballydoyle's TDN Rising Star Trinity College (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) by Shane Foley, the 2-1 joint-favourite wore down that rival a furlong from home before asserting to beat Tennessee Stud (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and Windlord (GB) Dubawi {Ire}) by 3/4 of a length and half a length respectively. “He did everything the hard way there–he was a bit free coming down the hill and had to learn to do different things–but when he gets to the front he pricks his ears and doesn't do that much,” trainer Jessica Harrington said. “He is very straightforward at home, it's just when he gets to the races he could get hot but he was okay today. The plan at the moment is to go to Doncaster for the Futurity Trophy and he goes on anything other than good-to-firm. He will go on good-to-firm, but he's better off with ease in the ground at the moment.” The post Too Darn Hot’s Hotazhell Wins The Beresford For The Silverton Hill Partnership 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
Saturday's G1 Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes was billed as a heavyweight bout between unbeaten 'TDN Rising Stars' Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}–Quiet Reflection {GB}, by Showcasing {GB}) and Babouche (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) and it was the former who emerged on top with a scintillating performance dropped in trip for the six-furlong test. Lake Victoria had attained 'TDN Rising Star' status in her June 28 debut over seven furlongs at the Curragh before notching a pillar-to-post victory in last month's G3 Sweet Solera Stakes and went postward as the 6-4 favourite returning off a 1 1/4-length success in the Curragh's G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes. The eventual winner was swiftly into stride and headed the smaller stands' side group of three, racing in an overall second, through the early fractions. Inching ahead at halfway, she was shaken up heading into the dip and powered clear in impressive fashion to outclass G1 Prix Morny third Daylight (Fr) (Earthlight {Ire}) by three lengths, becoming a record-breaking fifth winner of the contest for Aidan O'Brien. Arabian Dusk (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) was a half-length away in third, herself 1 1/4 lengths in front of the free-pulling Babouche. Pedigree Notes Lake Victoria, full-sister to a yearling colt and weanling colt, is one of her sire's 35 Group 1 winners and the first produced by G1 Commonwealth Cup and G1 Haydock Sprint Cup heroine Quiet Reflection (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), whose first foal is G2 Dante Stakes third Bluegrass (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Quiet Reflection was a 2.1-million guineas purchase at Tattersalls' 2017 December Mares sale. She is a granddaughter of Listed Hilary Needler Trophy victrix Clare Hills (Ire) (Orpen), herself out of a half-sister to the dam of G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes runner-up Fear And Greed (Ire) (Brief Truce), and hails from the family of GI Kentucky Derby-winning sire Alysheba (Alydar). The post TDN Rising Star Lake Victoria Powers to Impressive Cheveley Park Triumph at HQ 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 Gredley Family's homebred Wimbledon Hawkeye (GB) (Kameko–Eva Maria {GB}, by Sea The Stars {Ire}), who had placed in both G2 Superlative Stakes and G3 Acomb Stakes, was rewarded for those earlier efforts with a decisive success in Saturday's G2 Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket. The February-foaled bay, who lined up as a solid 4-1 chance, broke swiftly and stalked the tempo in second until beyond halfway. Easing to the fore going well approaching the quarter-mile marker, he quickened in style emerging out of the dip and kept on strongly, despite rolling around in front up the hill, to defeat G3 Solario Stakes third Royal Playwright (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) by 1 1/2 lengths in game fashion. The post Kameko’s Wimbledon Hawkeye Makes Black Type Breakthrough in the Royal Lodge 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
Matamata is set to host the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) for the second time in three years after a slippery track forced the abandonment of Saturday’s blockbuster race meeting at Hastings. The second day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival had promised so much, with quality fields set to compete under blue skies. But a short burst of rain late on Friday afternoon created a slippery layer on the surface of the track, which was rated Good4 on Friday and Soft5 on Saturday morning. The effects of that moisture were easy to see in the opening race on the card, the MacTaggart Family Gratitude Stakes (2100m). The Kevin Myers-trained Just Charlie clearly slipped, free of any interference, while rounding the turn out of the home straight. The meeting was initially put back by one race while a Verti-Drain was deployed to that section of the track, but a delegation of jockeys and trainers were still not confident that the track would be safe for racing and the meeting was abandoned. “The Hastings track had a full renovation earlier in the year and was in absolutely beautiful condition for the first day of the carnival, so this has probably come out of the blue a little bit,” New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s chief operating officer Darin Balcombe said. “From what we can see, there was 1mm to 3mm of rain yesterday afternoon, which is probably the worst thing that could have happened, and it’s obviously just formed a bit of a slippery layer on top. We can’t say for sure until we have a full review of what’s happened, but that appears to be what the issue is. “It’s a situation we desperately need to avoid. It’s very frustrating and we’ve got to make sure that things like this don’t happen. “The track manager here, Bryce Mildon, is a very good operator and this issue has really come out of left field. “What we’re going to need to do now is thoroughly test the track and see whether the possibility of being back here for the last day of the carnival in two weeks is a reality.” In the meantime, the remainder of Saturday’s abandoned meeting has been rescheduled to be run at Matamata on Wednesday. That includes the Arrowfield Stud Plate and the Gr.2 AHD Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m). Both of those feature races were also relocated to Matamata in 2022, when severe weather forced a complete washout of the Arrowfield meeting originally scheduled for Hastings. “We looked at the possibility of coming back on Sunday and rescheduling the Woodville meeting, but at this stage we wouldn’t be comfortable that we could turn the track around, make sure it’s safe and get that testing in before sending the riders back out there,” Balcombe said. “We also looked at staging the meeting at Hastings on Tuesday, but horses going back home to the north and then coming all the way back again, it wouldn’t be a possibility to do that.” New nominations will be required for all of Wednesday’s races aside from the Arrowfield, which was an early-entry race. Preference will be given to horses that were originally accepted for the Hawke’s Bay meeting. Nominations for this new meeting will close on Monday at 9am, with withdrawals closing at midday the same day. The Cambridge meeting which was scheduled for Wednesday will now run on Thursday. Nominations remain open for this meeting until 9am Monday. The Matamata meeting scheduled for next Saturday will now be run at Tauranga. View the full article
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