Kingman Reigns Over Doncaster

[Wandering Eyes]

DONCASTER, UK—The Goffs UK Premier Sale continued its upward climb with a new record price of £440,000 for a British-bred son of Kingman (GB) who will join the Coolmore team for his racing days.

Initially it looked as though the colt (lot 92) would end up in the ownership of either Shadwell or the Hong Kong Jockey Club as Angus Gold and Mick Kinane drove the bidding past last year’s record high of £380,000, but a late entrance in the gangway by the Coolmore group of Kevin Buckley, Mick Flanagan and Paul Shanahan ensured that he will be heading to Ireland before long.

“We’ve been very impressed with what Kingman has achieved at stud to date to the extent that we have bought his son Calyx (GB) to stand at stud,” said Buckley, who signed the ticket in the name of MV Magnier. “The team was very impressed with this horse and keen to get him.”

The horse in question was bred by Bob and Pauline Scott at their Parks Farm Stud from the Exceed And Excel (Aus) mare Shamandar (Fr), who carried their colours to listed glory in the St Hugh’s S. and hails from a family which includes the hardy and talented duo of Undrafted and Reynaldothewizard.

He was consigned on the Scotts’ behalf by Charlie Vigors of Hillwood Stud, who said, “We were very hopeful that he was going to sell well. I loved him in the spring when I went to see him at Mr and Mrs Scott’s and I am delighted for them. They are lovely people and they have put quite a bit of money in so they deserve a good return like this. I spoke to them on the phone and they are over the moon. They are Pauline’s babies and she hates being here when they are selling.”

He added, “We made the decision to come here and we knew that if the horse was good enough that Goffs UK would have the buyers here and indeed we had about four of the biggest players out there bidding on the horse. That justified the decision to come here. The traditional Doncaster horse still has its role and people come here looking for that but people are also looking for a different type of horse as well now. It was a bold decision to come here but this horse is out of an Exceed And Excel mare who was a stakes-winning 2-year-old so it made an awful lot of sense to come here and we decided to be one of a handful of Kingmans rather than one of many later on.”

The Kingman colt was the notable highlight of a day which saw 19 yearlings sell for six-figure sums at an average price of £49,300, an improvement of 10% on the corresponding session last year. Most impressive of all was the 91% clearance rate attained from the sale of 211 yearlings from 239 offered, brining a first-day tally of £10,451,500 (+2%) and median of £38,000 (+9%).

Shades of Laurens
Will Douglass and Paddy Twomey stayed on resolutely to outbid Angus Gold in pursuit of Mount Coote Stud’s Siyouni (Fr) filly who had been returned to her vendor at €80,000 when offered as a foal at Goffs last November. That decision to take her home was clearly justified as she ended the day as the most expensive filly of the session at £250,000. The last Siyouni filly to hold that honour now goes by the name of Laurens (Fr).

Bred by Merriebelle Irish Farm Ltd, lot 222 is the first foal of her dam, the winning Galileo (Ire) mare Anneli (Ire), a daughter of the eight-time winner Anne Of Kiev (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) who struck twice in listed contests.

“She’s very nice and she’s for a new client to me,” said Douglass. “She will be trained by Paddy Twomey and we’re hoping she’ll make a 2-year-old. Her new owner wants to be involved with top-class horses and hopefully she will be one.”

Adaay To Remember
There was a faltering start with the first high-priced lot of the day (15) when the Adaay (Ire) half-brother to dual Group 2 winner Heartache (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) was initially knocked down at £220,000 to BBA Ireland but later sold privately for £210,000 to one of the under-bidders, Angus Gold of Shadwell.

Bought for 180,000gns by Jamie Railton at Tattersalls’ December Foal Sale, the colt is out of the listed winner Place In My Heart (GB) (Compton Place {GB}) and was bred by the Harper family’s Whitsbury Manor Stud, where his sire stands. Adaay also raced in the Shadwell colours and has his first yearlings for sale this year. The family has been particularly successful for Whitsbury Manor Stud of late, both on the track and the sales ring. The Harpers leased Heartache to the Hot To Trot Racing syndicate, for whom she won the G2 Mary S. at Royal Ascot and the G2 Flying Childers S., before selling her at the end of her 3-year-old season for 1.3 million gns to Coolmore.

Seven of the eight Adaay yearlings offered during the opening session sold for an average of £66,000 from his debut stud fee of £7,000. They included another Whitsbury Manor-bred, this one a filly out of Satsuma (GB) (Compton Place {GB}) (lot 74), thus a half-sister to the recent listed Marygate S. winner Good Vibes (GB) (Due Diligence), who was bought for £100,000 by Clive Cox.

Golden Touch
Angus Gold was kept busy throughout the day, signing for ten horses on Sheikh Hamdan’s behalf for £1.36 million. They included one of the best pinhooks of the sale so far, via lot 157, a colt by Maxios (GB) consigned by Manister House Stud. Luke Barry bought the Gestut Fahrhof-bred son of the unraced Tassina (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}) for 15,000gns at Tattersalls last December and saw his price rocket to £170,000. His third dam Specificity (Alleged) produced Sven Hanson’s champion racemare Pride (Fr) (Peintre Celebre), who has in turn bred the G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly winner One Foot In Heaven (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), while the family also includes the 1000 Guineas winner Speciosa (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}).

“He is an exceptional horse and we felt that he was forward enough for this sale,” said Barry. “George Stanners really put the idea in our heads to bring him here. He has a lot of his damsire about him and it just shows that the right individual can really do well here.”

Lots 52, a colt by Iffraaj (GB), and 46, a Dark Angel (Ire) colt were also added to Shadwell’s list of purchases at £150,000 and £145,000 respectively. The former, bred by Ed’s Stud and consigned by Longview Stud, is the third foal of the listed Prix du Cercle winner Riskit For a Biskit (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), a former star of the Tattersalls July Sale when sold for 230,000gns four years ago.

Yeomanstown Stud—the leading consignor on day one—bred the Dark Angel colt in partnership with Cavalier Bloodstock from the dual-winning Dandy Man (Ire) mare Relation Alexander (Ire), a half-sister to the stakes winners Flaming Spear (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) ad Taqseem (Ire) (Fantastic Light).

Late in the day, Gold also signed for the Longview Stud-consigned colt by Siyouni (Fr) out of Aristotleicienne (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) (lot 228), whose first foal, the 2-year-old Aussie Showstopper (Fr) (Showcasing {GB}), won on debut at Kempton in June but was fatally injured in the G3 Molecomb S. the following month.

Thunder Rumbles On
Darley stallion Night Of Thunder (Ire) has made an eye-catching start with his first runners and is currently operating at a strike-rate of just over 51% with 15 juvenile winners on the board.

Those to have benefited in part from this run of success is Pier House Stud, whose colt by the son of Dubawi (Ire) out of Queen Bodicea (Ire) (Revoque) (lot 31) was among the early leaders when sold to Alex Elliott for £200,000.

Now 19, the colt’s dam has been a solid producer, her star offspring being Tom Dascombe’s G2 July S. winner Classic Blade (Ire) (Daggers Drawn), while Captain Dunne (Ire) (Captain Rio {GB}) has also earned black type for the family which has a strong speed influence and includes the King’s Stand S. winner Dominica (GB).

“We’re looking for Royal Ascot 2-year-olds and Night Of Thunder has done really well so far,” said Elliott, who did not divulge the identity of the colt’s new owner. “This was my horse of the day. He looks a real sharp 2-year-old and he’s a brother to a couple of stakes 2-year-olds. I’m not sure yet who will train him.”

Mehmas To The Fore
Tally-Ho Stud’s Mehmas (Ire) is making his yearling sales season debut this year and his name was among the leading lights at Goffs UK when his daughter out of Three Decades (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) (lot 162) sold to Anoj Don for £150,000.

The half-sister to listed winner Melbourne Memories (GB) (Sleeping Indian {GB})— whose Muhaarar (GB) colt sells on Wednesday as lot 425—was bred by bloodstock agent Matt Coleman and his father Roger.

Peter and Ross Doyle, who bought Mehmas himself from the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up Sale for 170,000gns, were also among the buyers of his first yearlings, signing for lot 50, Pier House Stud’s colt out of Ripalong (Ire) (Revoque), at £82,000, while trainers Clive Cox and Richard Hughes bought two each.

Thirteen of 14 Mehmas yearlings offered during the first session sold for an average of £43,923. His starting stud fee was €12,500.

 

 

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