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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Joseph O'Brien trainee Apples And Bananas (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}–Simannka {Ire}, by Mastercraftsman {Ire}), fresh off a black-type breakthrough in last month's Listed Criterium du Fonds Europeen de l'Elevage at Deauville, continued on a winning roll with a battling victory in Saturday's Goffs Million at the Curragh. The 5-2 second choice was quickly into stride from the stands' side stall and gained an immediate advantage in this seven-furlong test. Comfortable on the front end until scrubbed along with a quarter-mile remaining, he was tackled by 9-4 favourite Antelope Canyon (Ire) (No Nay Never) entering the final furlong and refused to yield under a late drive to bravely deny that rival by a head in a ding-dong thriller. Apples And Bananas, a €130,000 Goffs Orby graduate, is the second of three foals and lone scorer from two runners out of Listed Lenebane Stakes third Simannka (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), herself produced by a winning half-sister to multiple Group 1-winning sire Sinndar (Ire) (Grand Lodge). The May-foaled bay, whose third dam is stakes-winning matriarch Sinntara (Ire) (Lashkari {GB}), is full to a yearling colt. The post Wootton Bassett’s Apples And Bananas Prevails in Goffs Million Thriller 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
Emulating his half-brother Earthlight (Ire) (Shamardal), Godolphin's Shadow Of Light (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}–Winters Moon {Ire}, by New Approach {Ire}) took a major stride forward to dominate Saturday's G1 Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket. Content to track the 4-5 market-leader Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never) and the leader Dash Dizzy (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), the Charlie Appleby-trained 11-4 second favourite who had been second in the G2 Gimcrack Stakes at York in August was sent forward by William Buick to take command approaching two out and surge to an emphatic four-length success. Whistlejacket, who was the sole Ballydoyle representative after the withdrawal of Ides Of March (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), held on for second by 1 1/2 lengths from Dash Dizzy. “He'd improved a lot since York, where he didn't get the rub of the green and the ground was an unknown today but he was impressive,” Buick said. “He's growing up all the time and is very versatile as to how races are run. He rides like a very quick horse and he could get further, but he looks a six-furlong horse to me.” https://twitter.com/i/status/1840029819142082791 The post Lope De Vega’s Shadow Of Light Wins The Middle Park For Godolphin 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
A colt from the first crop of GI A.G. Vanderbilt Handicap hero Lexitonian (Speightstown) realized a final bid of $115,000 from Noble Oaks to top the LTBA Breeders Sales of Louisiana Yearling Sale held Friday at the Louisiana Equine Sales and Events Center in Opelousas. Bred in Louisiana by Clear Creek Stud and Warran J. Harang and consigned to the single-session sale by Clear Creek Stud, hip 97 is a son of the unraced Spun Lace (Hard Spun), the dam of four winners from four to the races, including Zestina (Silent Name {Jpn}), a two-time stakes winner and third in the GIII Whimsical Stakes at Woodbine. Clear Creek Stud acquired Spun Lace for $40,000 in foal to Mucho Macho Man at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale. The 14-year-old mare foaled a Highly Motivated colt in Louisiana this past Apr. 16 and was bred back to Drain the Clock. From an original catalog of 170 yearlings, the auction house reported sales on 122 horses for gross receipts of $1,214,700, an average of $9,957 and median of $5,000. Thirty-four horses were unsold for a buyback rate of 21.8%. The average declined by 8.5%, while the median dropped by 16.7%. A total of 23 horses of all ages–14 mares, seven horses of racing age and two weanlings–sold for $42,700. Last year's sale was topped by a $90,000 colt by Anchor Down. Click here for the full results. The post Lexitonian Colt Tops Louisiana Yearling Sale 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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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
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