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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday's Observations features a half-brother to group winner I Can Fly (Fastnet Rock). 12.45 Lingfield, Mdn, 2yo, 7f (AWT) BAYAANN (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) debuts for Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum and the William Haggas stable, over a year after fetching 410,000gns at Tattersalls October Book 1. He is a half-brother to Ballydoyle's Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1-placed I Can Fly (Fastnet Rock), dam of another who only narrowly missed out at the top level on more than one occasion in January (Kingman). The post I Can Fly’s Half-Brother Bayaann Introduced At Lingfield 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
1st-AQU, $85K, Msw, 2yo, f, 7f, 12:10 p.m. ET. POMERANCE (Curlin) brought $700,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale. Bred & owned by partners Jeff Drown and Don Rachel, the filly is out of MGSW Pomeroys Pistol (Pomeroy), who produced current sire Thousand Words (by Pioneerof the Nile) and Sweet Pistol (Smart Strike)–the dam of 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' & GISW Faiza (Girvin). The first-timer was sent to trainer Chad Brown. TJCIS PPS 10th-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, 1m, 5:24 p.m. ET. An $800,000 buy during the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling sale, Refined Design (Twirling Candy) takes on the one-turn mile for N Theory Racing and trainer Ken McPeek. The colt's dam is $800,000 Keeneland November sale grad for Determined Stud, Style and Grace (Curlin), who counts as half-siblings GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile hero Furthest Land (Smart Strike), SW Luck Money (Lookin At Lucky) and the dam of GSW Ready For Rye (City Zip). Godolphin homebred Phila Street (Street Sense) makes his first start for trainer Brad Cox. The dark bay is out of GSW & GISP Champagne Problems (Ghostzapper), and is part of an extended female family which includes MGISW Southern Image (Halo's Image) and GISW Turbo Compressor (Halo's Image). TJCIS PPS The post Thursday Insights: Half-Sister To Thousand Words Steps To The Rostrum At Aqueduct 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
With heavy rain in the forecast, Del Mar announced they will cancel the Nov. 21 card and add a race day Nov. 24.View the full article -
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Fearless pinhooker Philipp Stauffenberg broke his own record for the most money he has ever spent on a foal when going to €650,000 to secure a New Bay half-sister to Group 1 heroine Dreamloper (Lope De Vega) and Group 2 scorer Santorini Star (Golden Horn) at yet another memorable renewal of the Goffs November Foal Sale. The sale-topping filly was consigned by Luke Lillingston of Mount Coote Stud and headlined trade that saw a 91% clearance rate. The €18,359,000 turnover was roughly the same as last year while the average was down by 5% and the median was down by 2.5%. The added context to those figures is that last year's trade was just about the hottest it ever was so Goffs have done a serious job to follow on from that. Stauffenberg did not pull any punches in the build-up to this week's sale when admitting to being 'badly punished' for 'not being disciplined enough' at the foal sales last year. As a result, he endured one of the most difficult years he has since he started pinhooking. Not one to climb back into his shell off the back of a sub-par yearling sale season, Stauffenberg held off bloodstock agent Ed Sackville on the sublimely-bred filly at that record sum on a day he spent €960,000 on two yearlings – the second being a Lope De Vega filly from Stanley Lodge. He said, “If you look into it, there are very few foals of that quality. It's a high-end page. Obviously it is a lot of money but, on the other hand, when you look at what these pedigrees are making, I think it's fine. We will see. It's the first New Bay I have bought so hopefully the stallion will be doing something positive next year. He should be.” Asked if he has ever bought a more expensive foal to pinhook, Stauffenberg said, “No. I would say the big pinhooks last year got punished quite a lot so it is a big risk. But she is a nice filly, she's a racey filly and even if we were to fail to sell her as a yearling, I think we'd be happy to race her. That could even increase her value more. It's a family that has done well, especially with fillies, so there is a risk. If it were a colt, I would not have done that but, with a filly, it's easier to take the risk.” That wonderful filly's family that Stauffenberg referenced has been cultivated by Lillingston on behalf of owner Olivia Hoare, who raced the dual Group 1 scorer Dreamloper with Ed Walker. And what a journey connections have been on with the family. Just this year, Santorini Star popped up to win her Group 2 before finishing second to Consent in the Prix de Royallieu at ParisLongchamp. Put simply, not many foals from families as happening as this one are sent to the public auction. Lillingston commented, “The story goes back to when my father was still alive. We were selling the dam and, at the same time, Olivia Hoare was getting into the horse business. She inspected all of our yearlings and he told her that the mare was the pick of all of our yearlings. I had no idea that she was going to bid on her but she bought what turned out to be Dreamloper's dam Livia's Dream (Teofilo) for 45,000gns at Newmarket.” He added, “A decision was made to sell this filly earlier in the year. There were only two dams in this sale that had produced a Group 1 winner and a Group 2 winner so she was always going to be really exciting. There was great interest in her from all over that world which was lovely. She has a lot of guts – she had 83 shows yesterday. You've got to admire Philipp Stauffenberg. He's the bravest of the brave because he's going to try and pinhook her. But I guess he has a nice feeling because, if it didn't come off, he still has a lovely filly from a very nice family that he could race. It's all there on the page already but it's only going to go from strength to strength.” Beale Enjoys 'Best-Ever' Day At Irish National Stud The Irish National Stud has produced one of the performances of the week and leads the consignor's table heading into Thursday having sold 16 foals for just shy of €2 million. Included in that tally is two of the top five most expensive foals – a Night Of Thunder filly to Ed Sackville and a Wootton Bassett filly to MV Magnier – sold all week, leading the Irish National Stud boss to describe this sale as one of his proudest moments in the bloodstock business. What is most impressive about the achievement is that Oceanie (Dansili), the dam of the €500,000 Night Of Thunder filly, was sourced for just €75,000 at Arqana in 2023. Meanwhile, the Wootton Bassett's dam Loyale (Turtle Bowl) was bought at the same sale for €80,000. When you factor that into the fact Big Break (Dansili), whose Palace Pier filly led Tuesday's trade at €220,000, was sourced for 30,000gns, it goes some way in explaining the achievements. Beale said, “I think this has to be one of my best days in the game. I am at this 20 for years but I have been in the National Stud for eight years and it's definitely the best-ever day we've had at a sale in my time anyway. It's a fantastic day for the team – I've always said we've a great team and great land but we didn't have the pedigrees to match up to that. Over time, we have been able to buy in a few nicer mares and get to better stallions. I knew that if I gave these lads working at the stud quality stock that they would do it. Today, they proved that they can do it.” Beale added, “This sale is the showcase for Irish breeders. It is amazing, really. The level of footfall and trade is off the charts. There has been a serious buzz in the ring all week and it's still humming there with only a few lots left to go in. It's been off the charts since showing started. We haven't stopped, which is the best complaint you could have. It's been relentless.” Doyle Delighted To Land Brother To Breeders' Cup Hero Ethical Diamond It is not often when a man puffs out his cheeks after spending €380,000 on a foal and says, 'that was value,' but Ross Doyle cut the image of a man who felt even at that sum, he bagged himself a bargain with Stanley Lodge's full-brother to Breeder's Cup hero Ethical Diamond (Awtaad). Doyle purchased lot 678 on behalf of long-standing Scandinavian clients Stall Perlen, who he admitted might struggle to resist the temptation of racing the colt when the time comes. He said, “I know the update is unbelievable but the foal itself was an outstanding individual. A big, deep, good-moving dark bay with an unbelievable temperament. The full-brother is obviously an extremely good horse who is trained by a genius. Stanley Lodge are extremely good breeders. You go down there and you see the foals come out of their stables, they are just gorgeous-looking and well-reared foals from good families. The option is there to bring him back as a yearling but it might be hard not to race a horse like him. When you go to all of these yearling sales next year and try to buy a horse like him, it's hard work.” Ethical Diamond put in one of the performances of the year on the level when storming to an unlikely 28-1 triumph in the Breeders' Cup Turf for champion jumps trainer Willie Mullins and champion Flat jockey Dylan Browne-McMonogle. In doing so, he put Awtaad front and centre in breeders' minds, with Doyle going as far as saying the Derrinstown Stud stallion was in many ways still underappreciated. Doyle added, “He has been bought on behalf of Stall Perlen, who have been great supporters for a very long time and they enjoy buying at Goffs as well. They have horses in Ireland, England, France and Scandinavia as well. Awtaad gets very good-looking horses and his stats are fantastic. He probably hasn't got the credit he deserves but, when a horse like this lad's brother comes along, it might just propel him to the next level.” Stanley Lodge enjoyed another massive sale when a homebred Lope De Vega filly sold to Stauffenberg at €310,000. All told, Stanley Lodge sold 12 foals for €1,254,000. The stud's owner William Kennedy commented, “Absolutely fabulous day. We sold a mare before for 1.7 million – that was huge, but considering all the work put in on the farm, to see horses that we've raised ourselves, sell like this here, is fabulous. “All credit to the staff – Nick [Cope] and the team have done a fantastic job. We were very lucky. Firstly, Ethical Diamond himself is a fabulous horse. Once he's got his ground and conditions, he has just excelled. For us, when we had him at home and raced him, we knew what a nice horse he was. It was easy for me to go back [to Awtaad], because I knew we'd get another nice horse. Obviously, I didn't know we'd get a Breeders' Cup winner, but I knew we'd get a nice horse and this foal has been superb.” Lyons Lights Touchpaper For Unforgettable Day's Trade One of the first feel-good stories on what turned out to be an action-packed day came when Joann Lyons of Summerhill Stables sold her homebred Gleneagles half-brother to Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes winner Lifeplan (Kodi Bear) for €285,000 to Yeomanstown Stud. Lifeplan sold initially at this sale in 2023 for €85,000. He has gone on to be a star for Declan Carroll, who Lyons revealed made the trip to Goffs this week to try and land a winning bid. Alas, Yeomanstown was too strong. “That was class,” Lyons beamed afterwards. “To be fair to the foal, he did all of the work. We did the work at home and he did all of the work here. We'd bring him out for a show and he would stretch the two hind legs out behind him and then he'd say, 'okay, now I'm ready.' He never missed a beat – his last show was as good as his first. He did over 100 shows a day and had 60 shows this morning and over 20 vets. He never got cross or waspy.” She added, “I texted Declan Carroll the other day and said, 'here's a picture of Lifeplan's not-so-little little brother.' He said he'd see me the following morning. But, sure, I went to York so the least they could do was come to Kildare! For him to be the first foal and do what he has done on the track is amazing. All-year-long, he kept telling us that Lifeplan was a right one and he was right. Not only do we have the mare but we still have his aunty and his grandmother at home. The mare is in foal to Big Evs and, if she can produce a foal half as nice as this Gleneagles or even Lifeplan, it would be amazing.” Another Brilliant Result At Goffs For The Ballinacurra Boys Ballinacurra Stud's Mullins brothers, George and David, along with their cousin Dinny McCarthy, have a strong affinity with Goffs and enjoyed another major day there on Wednesday when selling the only Modern Games colt in the sale for €225,000 to Matisse Bloodstock. George commented, “He is probably the best foal we have ever bred. We've had a lot of good foals over the years but he's probably the best. We bought the mother in the February Sale and sent her straight to Modern Games. It was a cover we thought would suit her. We thought there would only be around 10 of them by the sire in the sale but, as it turned out, he was the only Modern Games here, which was sweet. Dubawi as a sire of sires is just off the charts and Modern Games is one of the best sons of Dubawi who has gone to stud.” Mullins added, “Darley has been very good to us and we have been very lucky using their stallions. We got €200,000 for a Blue Point foal here a couple of years ago and we also got €140,000 for a Ghaiyyath so we have been very lucky. And fair play to Goffs as well. Everyone is saying that the sale is very strong and I suppose we are just very lucky that we came here with a good collection of foals and we reaped the rewards. That doesn't happen very often in this game so you need to savour the big days like today. You won't be long about being brought back down to earth as a breeder so we will really enjoy this. We're thrilled. I have to say we had great help all week with Pa Farrell, Clara Hartigan and Bobby Ring as well.” Ace Stud Swoops For Night Of Thunder Colt Ace Stud has a potential stallion prospect in its arsenal in the shape of Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes winner and leading 2,000 Guineas candidate Gewan and the powerful owners swooped for a foal by the same stallion, Night Of Thunder, for €410,000 online. The colt was bred and consigned by Moyglare Stud and hails from Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes winner Princess Highway (Street Cry). Ace Stud's Paul Curran commented, “Obviously a very good colt by Night Of Thunder, who is a sire we love after this year. They are hot commodities at all of the major sales in Europe so we thought we got good value there. It's a very good page and it's important that it was a colt as well. The plan will be to race him in the green and white silks. Very happy to have secured him and we thought we got him for a very good price.” Also bidding online, Ace Stud bought a brother to their own stallion Lucky Vega for €260,000 from Baroda Stud. The outfit also bought a filly by Shaquille, who stands at Ace Stud, off AM Thoroughbreds at €25,000. Compensation For TBT Racing TBT Racing, who filled the role as underbidder on the top lot by New Bay, found compensation through agent Ed Sackville with the €500,000 Night Of Thunder filly consigned by the Irish National Stud. Sackville said, “She is for TBT Racing. She has been bought to race and will be trained by Ed Walker. Delighted to get her as we underbid the New Bay. TBT's flagship horse is Ten Bob Tony, who is by Night Of Thunder, so it made a lot of sense for us. “Hopefully, if she's successful on the racecourse, she could develop into a nice broodmare in the future. It's been a great year with Ten Bob Tony, Qilin Queen, Noble Champion, Do Or Do Not, and we're trying to build on that success.” Golden touch The Irish National Stud have knocked it out of the park all week with its homebreds but Abbeyleix Stud deserves the gauntlet for this prize given €3,000 mare purchase All On Red produced one of the stories of the entire sale when her Starman colt sold to Tally-Ho Stud for €225,000. All On Red, a daughter of Red Clubs, won twice and reached a career-high rating of 88 for George Baker. Her two-year-old, Anthelia (Supremacy), provided the pedigree with a timely update when scoring in the Dick Poole Stakes at Salisbury earlier this year. Everything came right for that Golden Touch on Wednesday. The post “Bravest Of The Brave” Stauffenberg Leads The Way At Rip-Roaring Goffs Foal 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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