Second All-Female Syndicate Announced by Phoenix Thoroughbreds

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A second all-female syndicate group, christened Phoenix Ladies Two, is being developed, Phoenix Thoroughbreds announced on Tuesday. Emarati-based Phoenix Ladies Syndicate, whose flagbearer to date has been the undefeated Walking Thunder (Violence), has sold all of its shares, and horses are already being sourced for the second all-female syndicate.

“By setting up Phoenix Ladies Two we can give even more women a chance to come on this winning journey with us,” said syndicate principle Pamela Cordina. “We hope that eventually we will have a regular presence outside the Emirates and I recently spent some time at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale researching on how they run, market and operate all-female syndicates in Australia. It’s much more part of the racing fabric down there and they have some great incentives in place to encourage this sort of ownership. It’s something we’d like to be involved in and explore further.”

Walking Thunder, acquired for $42,000 as an OBSAPR 2-year-old Stateside, has won his first three starts by a combined 18 3/4 lengths in the orange and white Phoenix Ladies colours. Trained by Ahmad bin Harmash, the bay broke his maiden at first asking at Meydan over 1400 metres on Nov. 11, and followed up in a pair of 1600-metre conditions tallys on Dec. 6 and Jan. 10, respectively. He is pointing to the G3 UAE 2000 Guineas on Feb. 7.

“He’ll run in the UAE 2000 Guineas before heading to the UAE Derby on World Cup night,” said Cordina of the son of Street Show (Street Boss). “We’ve not yet discussed having a go at the [GI] Kentucky Derby, but I guess it would be the logical step if all goes to plan. From the beginning, we said we wanted the Syndicate to take our members to some of the biggest racing events in the world and it doesn’t get bigger than ‘the Derby’ so we’ll see.”

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