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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The aptly-named Easy has been billed as one of the star attractions to Monday's Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale and Brian Slattery says that the Listed-winning daughter of Kodiac boasts “international appeal” and a successful sale would put the cherry on top of what has been a dream year for his brother and trainer, Andy. The landscape of Irish racing has changed even in the past few years alone. The bigger trainers have become behemoths and it has become harder and harder for the middle to lower tier handlers to remain competitive. By attacking the yearling sales and identifying talent on a budget, the Slatterys have not just remained relevant, they have thrived in one of the most competitive jurisdictions there is. This year's tally of 28 Flat wins on the turf is the best-ever for the stable. So, too, is the €541,500 amassed in prize-money. What's even more impressive is that the jumps arm of the County Tipperary yard has been humming along sweeter still; there are 17 wins on the board with the National Hunt season only in its infancy. Again, that's a personal best for Andy. There are not many stables that can boast such numbers over both codes and, in many ways, it all comes to a crescendo on Monday. Brian Slattery said, “We do an awful lot of breeze-up horses as well as racing them on the track but we are sellers. In order to survive in Ireland, you need to be selling and, I suppose, for the money we spend at the yearling sales, we've had a phenomenal year. Jamie Osborne's horse, Heart Of Honor (Honor A.P.), is probably the flag-bearer for the breeze-up operation, Meadowview Stables, but thankfully we've managed to have a good time of it on the track as well. We genuinely get as much of a kick out of a horse we sold winning a big race as we do when we win one ourselves.” He added, “We sold a very good horse to Hong Kong, Fiach McHugh (Belardo), whose name was changed to Red Lion. He ended up winning a Group 1 down there. Then there is Almendares (Havana Grey), who we also raced and sold to America. He's going for a Grade I in the new year so that's extremely exciting. I suppose this is a different type of excitement with Easy and, to be a part of the whole Sceptre Sessions is special, really.” Easy | Racingfotos.com Easy will be offered for sale as part of the Sceptre Sessions in foal to Mehmas. A Listed winner when successful for the Slatterys at Cork last season, she reached a career-high rating of 102 for that outfit. Not only did she win her Stakes race last season, but she came close to bagging a Group 3 victory earlier this year, only finding Copacabana Sands too good in the Barberstown Castle Stakes at Leopardstown. Slattery said, “To be selling Easy on behalf of Team Valor and Gary Barber, sure it doesn't get much better than this. Listen, we always knew how good Easy is and, if we can end the story on a good note for our owners, it would be brilliant. She started out with us and, although she had a little bit of a hiatus after she won her maiden, we enjoyed some brilliant days with her and I think she showed people what she could do when she won her Listed race at Cork. I still believe that we never actually saw the best of Easy on the track. The ability that she had was frightening but, she's such a big filly and she put so much into her work, she used to go weak. That's one of the main reasons we didn't see the best of her. She always had a lot of brilliance and you don't name a horse Easy for no reason.” The Mehmas cross with Kodiac has produced a massive 74% winners-to-runners strike-rate. The headline acts within that impressive statistic are Group 1-winning sprinter Believing, Group 2 scorer West Acre and Group performer Diego Ventura. Slattery is in little doubt that his mare, who hails from the family of Cassandra Go, boasts international appeal. He concluded, “It's the old cliche, but she's a queen. She's absolutely gorgeous. She's selling in foal to Mehmas and it's a very good cross. What Tally-Ho has done with those stallions, particularly in the past few years, is amazing. There are a lot of top stallions in Easy's page and, I know I am biased, but she would be an addition to any breeding operation in the world. She has international appeal and we've literally had people from all over the world looking at her today. For a period of about three hours, she wasn't in her box. She was seriously busy showing. The footfall is amazing and, like I said, it's fairly special to be a part of it all. We just want to end the story on a good note and, please God, we can make that happen on Monday.” The post ‘Easy Has International Appeal And We Can’t Wait For The Sceptre Sessions’ 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 Jockey Club has donated HK$70.2 million to the victims of the Tai Po fire after a subdued afternoon of racing at Sha Tin on Sunday. A minute’s silence was observed before Sunday’s closed-door meeting, which was restricted to owners, stewards, voting members and their invited guests, and there was none of the colour and buzz of a normal Sha Tin meeting. “I want to express my deep condolences to all of those who have been affected by this tragic fire,” said Jockey Club chief executive Winfried...View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Dazzling Fit enhanced his Classic Series claims with a herculean performance and Colourful King came from the clouds in a sensational display as David Eustace celebrated a double at Sha Tin on Sunday. Despite facing tough draws in their respective races, Colourful King exploded from last to smash his rivals in the Class Two 1,000m Turf Handicap before Dazzling Fit sealed Eustace’s brace with a gutsy victory in the Class Three 1,600m Turf Handicap. “You’re hopeful when you go to the races with a...View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The world's top-rated horse, Calandagan, was all out to defeat Japan's best, Masquerade Ball, by a head at the end of the 1 1/2 miles of the Japan Cup (G1) Nov. 30 at Tokyo Racecourse.View the full article -
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Libertad produced the biggest performance of his career and one of the most dramatic finishes of The Pinnacles when the 5-year-old entire lunged late to deny Overpass the Winterbottom Stakes.View the full article
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