‘He’s a Sire on the Rise’: Juddmonte Go To 1.05m Gns for Night Of Thunder Colt

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Just a handful of lots into the final day of Book 1 saw the twelfth seven-figure yearling of the Tattersalls October Sale when Juddmonte went to 1,050,000gns for the Night Of Thunder colt out of Quschi (Encosta De Lago).

Bred by Andrew Stone of St Albans Bloodstock, the Newsells Park Stud-consigned colt (lot 364) is a half-brother to GII Glens Falls Stakes winner Mrs Sippy (Blame) and to Listed winner Phantom Flight (Siyouni), from a family cultivated by Lord Howard de Walden and including his homebred champion Grand Lodge. 

Earlier in the week, Juddmonte went to 1,000,000gns Lodge Park Stud's Night Of Thunder colt from the family of Park Express. 

Simon Mockridge, general manager for Juddmonte in the UK, said, “I think it's probably a coincidence that they're both by Night Of Thunder but he's had a fantastic season, as we all know. The quality of mares that he's been covering over these last few years has got better and better. He's a sire on the rise, and a sire that we need to pay attention to.

“[The yearling colt] has a proper pedigree, and this was an incredibly good-looking horse, very well presented by Newsells Park Stud.”

He continued, “Over the last few years we've bought a handful of horses at auction. And it depends what we're doing – sometimes it's yearlings, sometimes it's foals. We're very specialised in what we're looking for. These two horses have got to come back and fit into what I would call the top 10 per cent of the yearlings at home. And if they can't do that, there's no point in buying them.”

One of those previous purchases was Field Of Gold (Kingman), one of the outstanding three-year-olds of the season. The winner of the Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes has been off the track since finishing fourth in the Sussex Stakes in late July but Juddmonte's racing manager Barry Mahon reported that he remains on course for a reappearance in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Qipco British Champions Day a week on Saturday. 

 

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