Allonsy Brings Up Important Lanwades Milestone

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The victory of Allonsy in Sunday's Pontefract Castle Fillies' Stakes brought up a notable milestone for Lanwades Stud as the Study Of Man filly was the 100th Listed winner bred at the farm during the tenure of Kirsten Rausing. 

The owner-breeder's association with the stud began in 1984 and during the intervening four decades 34 Group 1 winners have been bred at Lanwades, led by the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Alpinista (Frankel), along with 29 Group 2 and 41 Group 3 winners, bringing the total to 204 stakes winners worldwide. 

“It has taken some time, but it does, and I can't compete with the big boys but we try our best with limited numbers,” said Rausing.

She added of Allonsy, who is now a five-time winner for Ralph Beckett, “She was brave, and it was only some time afterwards that I realised she had broken the track record by two seconds.”

Beckett also trained Allonsy's dam, the G2 Park Hill Stakes winner Alyssa. The four-year-old filly therefore represents a cross of the Lanwades stallions Study Of Man and Sir Percy, the latter residing at the stud still in retirement. 

Rausing's other Listed winner of the season is the Feilden Stakes winner Almeric, who is also by Study Of Man out of a daughter of another Lanwades stalwart, Selkirk. Trained by Andrew Balding, the three-year-old colt has won two of his three starts and held an entry for the Prix du Jockey Club and Irish Derby but has been temporaily sidelined. 

“Almeric has had a small setback but we he is back in light work and we hope that he will reappear later in the season,” Rausing reported.

Study Of Man's presence at Lanwades continues a long allegiance with his breeder, the Niarchos family, which stretches back to Niniski, the first stallion to be stood by Rausing. 

A son of Deep Impact, bred on the same cross with Storm Cat as Japan's reigning champion sire Kizuna, Study Of Man has covered his biggest book to date this season. He could be represented by his Group 1-winning daughter Kalpana as well as G2 Prix Saint-Alary winner Birthe – both members of his first crop of just 55 foals – in this Saturday's G1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh.

“He's covering some better mares now for obvious reasons,” said Rausing. “It was an uphill struggle for the first four or five years really, but he has done it himself, the hard way.”

Among the mares with foals on the ground by him this year is Alpinista, who is now in foal to Siyouni.

Her breeder added, “Alpinista is in excellent form and gave an audience to a group of Australian visitors here yesterday. She has a very nice colt foal, and her first foal is the yearling filly by Dubawi, who is not going to any sales.

“Alpinista travelled to France with Alyssa, the dam of Allonsy, who also has a colt foal by Study Of Man and is now in foal to Zarak, which is quite interesting inbreeding to Mumtaz Begum, although a long way away.”

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