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Sadlers Wells won a group 3 race in England with Day
Flight. While his two sons Barathea and Montjeu got winners in France. The
later sired Corre Caminos who won the group 1 Air Mauritius. Another
interesting stallion Selkirk sired winners of listed races in England, France and Ireland.
In the lead up to the Kentucky Derby it was a Devil
His Due colt Record winning the DerbyTrial Stakes.While at Hollywood Park the
Distorted Humor colt Da Stoops won the 250,000 dollar Snow Chief Stakes.
In the lead up to the Two Thousand Guineas saw
Danehill Dancer take the points with a quinella in the European Free hcp Misu
Bond and Jeremy putting their talent on show and then he sired first and
third in the group 3 Nell Gwynn Stks.
The Craven stakes was taken out by Coolmore stallion
Orpen with his son Killlybegs.
Sadlers Wells sired the quinella in the listed
Fielden Stks with the olt Atlantic Waves beating Olympia Odysey.
While in Japan Deep
Impact was successful yet again blitzing his rivals by four lengths over the
32000m event.
Anabaa daughter Saltaya won for the Aga Khan in
France.
All eyes this week will be on the Kentucky Derby in
the states.
Previous News of Interest
HONG KONG
Darley Stud could hardly have wished for better
results from yesterday’s International meeting at Sha Tin in Hong Kong.
The Group 1 Hong Kong Cup (2000m) was taken out by the Zabeel champion
Vengeance Of Rain, who is a son of the Darley owned Danehill mare Danelagh.
Vengeance Of Rain is a $300,000 graduate of the 2002 New Zealand Bloodstock
Premier Sale.
The gelding’s stirring victory, which lifted his earnings beyond $A6million,
rounded out a great day for Darley, after Cape Cross’ daughter Ouija Board
had earlier won the Group 1 HK Vase (2400m).
Cape Cross, a son of Green Desert, stood his first four southern hemisphere
seasons at Cambridge Stud in New Zealand.
With the oldest of those progeny now four-year-olds, Cape Cross has produced
seven stakes winners, including the recent Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas
winner Seachange.
Kindacross was a Group 1 winner for the sire last season.
From just over 100 runners, he is the sire of 65 individual southern
hemisphere winners at a winner to runner ratio of better than 60%.
Worldwide, he is the sire of 22 stakes winners and more than 170 winners at a
similar strike rate.
Ouija Board, a $4million earner, has been by far and away his best performer
to date.
Cape Cross didn’t shuttle to the southern hemisphere in 2004, but joined the
Darley roster in 2005, where he covered a full book (he was limited to about
100 mares) at an advertised fee of $44,000.
Sha Tin fans didn’t have their idol Silent Witness to cheer on this year, but
Vengeance Of Rain filled the local void admirably with his Cup win.
It completed a remarkable 2005 for the gelding, whose wins this year also
included the Hong Kong Derby and QE II Cup.
He is from the 1998 Blue Diamond winner Danelagh (ex Perth Cup winner
Palatious).
Danelagh was raced by Keith Biggs, who also races Vengeance Of Rain’s
full-sister Dizelle, the AJC Oaks winner of this year.
Danelagh has since been acquired by Darley, who race her three-year-old son
Hachiman (by Fusaichi Pegasus), a horse that is now back in work after having
just the one start last season when last of six at Flemington in July.
Danelagh’s 2003 Carnegie foal died, but she has a filly by Elusive Quality
entered for the 2006 Inglis Australian
Easter Yearling Sale.
Unfortunately her Reset foal from this year also died and it may be that
after the Elusive Quality filly, there will be no more progeny of Danelagh to
race in Australia.
The mare is bound the United States in the next couple of days to join Sheikh
Mohammad’s elite broodmare band north of the equator.
Danelagh will be covered by Elusive Quality to northern hemisphere time early
next year.
ENGLAND
The King George VI Chase is being
run at Sandown this year as Kempton is undergoing some restructuring work.
There will be 11 runners line up for the nearly 5000m Grade 1 Steeplechase
with the two who fought out the finish last year back again. Kicking King
held out Kingscliff last year, and while Kingscliff turned the tables at a
recent meeting, Kicking King twisted a shoe in that race and looks as if he
will live up to his 6/4 quote. Kingscliff is around 2/1, and the talented
L'ami is at 7/1 together with Henrietta Knight's Impek. We will put a little
of the Christmas pudding on Cornish Rebel, Best Mate's full brother, whereer
he runs.
There is another "K" horse favourite for the Welsh National to be
run at Chepstow on Tuesday. But One Knight hasn't been on the track in a year
and this may be a bit of an ask. Cornish Rebel is second favourite here but
may prefer Sandown because of the weights. Bet value may be World Wide Web at
8/1, trained by Jonjo O'Neill. Comply or Die and McKelvey are both 10/1 and on
12s Control Man, L'Aventure, Lord Transcent, Royal Auclair (probably going to
Sandown) and Strong Resolve.
Saddest news from the jumps this week is the loss of Rooster Booster, who won
the 2003 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham and was a really popular horse. The
11yo was out on the gallops having a run in preparation of the Christmas
Hurdle on Boxing Day
AMERICA
Australia's highest priced yearling of 2004 has
made a winning start to his career in America.
Danehill colt Overlord, sold a for then Australian yearling record price of
$2.2 million, began his new life for trainer Patrick Biancone with a win over
6 1/2 furlongs on Turfway Park's synthetic polytrack on December 18.
Raced by the Coolmore partnership of Michael Tabor and Susan Magnier,
Overlord went into training as a two-year-old with Lee Freedman and raced
once as a late two-year-old in May for a win at Caloundra in Queeneland.
His only other start for Freedman was as an early three-year-old in August
when he finished third at Werribee.
The decisjon was then made to further Overlord's career and international
stud value by transferring him to America where his pedigree will attract
considerable attention.
The US has embraced sons of Danehill and will see Overlord as a fine stud
prospect as he is closely related to champion sire Storm Cat.
Overlord's dam Prawn Cocktail is a half-sister to Storm Cat's dam, the
Secretariat mare Terlingua.
Prawn Cocktail and Terlingua are also half-sisters to Breeders' Cup Mile
winner and top rank shuttle sire Royal Academy.
Prawn Cocktail's other foals by Danehill include Australian Group winners
Langoustine and One
World.
IRELAND
There's a great week of Irish racing
ahead which will see the likes of Moscow Flyer, Beef Or Salmon, Hedgehunter,
Solerina and War Of Attrition battle it out in some of the epic races of the
Christmas Festivals
Tuesday’s card at Leopardstown is undoubtedly a tremendous day’s racing and
features the Paddy Power Dial-a-Bet Chase in which Jessica Harrington’s
Moscow Flyer is likely to renew rivalry with Dessie Hughes’ Central House who
beat him in the Fortria Chase at Navan in November.
Moscow Flyer should strip a lot fitter this time round and despite his
advancing years is likely to start favourite but Central House did win this
event last year and is a much improved performer now.
Other notable entries here are Rathgar Beau, Hi Cloy and Watson Lake in what
could be a real cracker.
Tuesday's €190,000 Paddy Power Handicap Chase likely to attract a full field
of 30.
Runner up in the race 12 months ago, Arthur Moore’s Jaquouille warmed up for
this with a run over hurdles at Fairyhouse in early December and he will be
one of the leading fancies.
Recent Troytown Chase winner Prince Of Tara must be respected along with the
second and third placed horses on that occasion, A New Story and Monterey
Bay, while Christy
Roche’s lightly raced Lost Time and David Wachman’s Knock Knock are two sure
to be well supported in the betting market.
The Future Champions Novice Hurdle is always a most important trial for
Cheltenham and after an impressive victory at Fairyhouse three weeks ago, the
Noel Meade trained Iktitaf should prove difficult to beat.
However, the well regarded O’Muircheartaigh will be expected to put up an
improved showing after going down by five lengths to Meade’s charge at
Fairyhouse.
Beef Or Salmon is a standing dish at Leopardstown over Christmas and Michael
Hourigan’s hugely popular chaser goes for his third victory in the last four
runnings of the Lexus Chase on Wednesday.
Winner of the race as a novice in 2002, he finished third 12 months later
before gaining a memorable victory over triple Gold Cup hero, Best Mate, last
year and after his fine second to Kingscliff in the Betfair Chase at Haydock
in November, he looks set to start favourite.
Despite a disappointing effort at Punchestown recently the ‘Mouse’ Morris
trained War Of Attrition would have to be respected while English Grand
National hero Hedgehunter, and Michael O’Brien’s Forget The Past are two worthy
contenders.
The Christmas Hurdle is likely to have a small field but the presence of the
remarkable Solerina will be of considerable interest.
Although she is yet to win over three miles, connections feel it is worth
taking a chance that she will last home but if Michael Halford’s Golden Cross
takes his chance, he would prove difficult to beat after getting to within a
short head of Solerina in the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse last time
out.
Despite the absence of Hardy Eustace, the December Festival Hurdle should be
a fascinating affair with old rivals Brave Inca, Harchibald, Macs Joy and
Essex all set to do battle.
Harchibald was a silky smooth winner of the Bula Hurdle at Cheltenham
recently and provided the ground is not too soft, he is sure to take the
world of beating but Brave Inca is a tremendously tough competitor and won’t
be easily beaten.
Essex is an improving young horse with a bright future and Macs Joy won the
race in 2004.
GIACOMO wins
Kentucky Derby at fifty to one.
This Week
The 1000 guineas stakes
group 1 at Newmarket England was won by Virginia Waters a filly by the super
sire of the moment King Mambo out of
the Sadlers Wells mare Legend Maker but that was’nt the end of it for Kingmambo.
His son Alkaased won the Jockey Club Stks group 2 and his daughter the four
year old mare Tarfah out of the Danehill mare Fickle won the VCBET Dahlia
Stks group3.
The day before at
Newmarket the Celtic Swing colt Rocamadour won the listed Newmarket Stks. Hes
out of that other Danzig stallion Green Deserts daughter Watch Me.
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Newmarket
1000 Guineas G1
Virginia Waters 3f
Kingmambo
Legend Maker
By
Sadlers Wells
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Newmarket
Jockey Club Stakes G2
Alkaased 5h
Kingmambo
Chesa Piana
By
Ninski
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Newmarket
VCBET Dahlia Stks G3 Tarfah 4m
Kingmambo
Fickle
By
Danehill
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Well this week is
Kentucky Derby week in the states but there was a couple of interesting
results on the Australian side. At Louisiana Downs last week in the John
Franks Memorial Stks a horse called Sreen Idol won the race. This guy is out
of the Strawberry Road mare Silken Screen. Ther was a half a dozen group 3s
run over the week but thye Texas Mile Stakes was the biggest run at Lone Star
Park. It was won by High Strike Zone who is by Smart Strike out of Danzig
Island. No prizes for guessing the maternal sier of this lady.
Makybe Diva went down in the Tenno Sho
Gr1 in Japan this week and guess who won Suzuka Mambo . Just look at the last
name Mambo you guessed it. Hes out of the King Mambo mare Spring Mambo. The
King Mambo breed are on fire at the moment.
Last Week
The Craven Stakes at
Newmarket England won by Democratic Deficit who is by the Nureyev stallion
Soviet Star out of the Danehill mare Grandiose Idea bred to be the best so it
was no surprise to see him win the 8 furlong 50000 pound event. Soviet Star
is starting to prove himself as a producer of some top horses. Vengeance of
Rain won the group1 QE11 cup at Sha Tin track Beating a disappointing Grand
Arhmee and Elvestrom . On the same programme the Australian bred Silent
Witness made it a world record 17 straight wins breaking Cigars 16 straight.
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England Craven Stakes G3
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Ireland Dimitrova 1000 Guineas Trial stakes
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Hong Kong
Queen Elizabeth 11 Cup
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1 Democratic Deficit 3c
Soviet Star
Grandiose Idea by Danehill
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1 Virginia Waters 3f
Kingmambo
Legend Maker
By Sadlers Wells
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1 Vengeance of Rain 4g
Zabeel Danelagh
By Danehill
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Aidan O'Brien added to his 2,000 Guineas
success on Saturday when Virginia Waters came from last to first to win the
Ultimatepoker.com 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday.
With Kieren Fallon in the saddle, Virginia Waters came home by two and a half
lengths from the Irish-bred Maids Causeway and in the process, O’Brien and
his new stable rider became the first trainer-jockey combination to complete
the Guineas double since 1967.
This win was giving O’Brien his first success in the 1,000 Guineas and he has
now trained the winner of all five British Classics.
O’Brien said, “She is out of a Sadler’s Wells mare and wasn’t stopping,” and
the winner might now become the stable’s Epsom Oaks runner if Kitty O’Shea is
forced to miss the race.
DUBAI RESULTS
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Group
1 Dubai World Cup
1. Roses In May
(USA) (Devil His Due-Tell A Secret)
2.
Dynever (USA) (Dynaaformer-Flamboyance)
3.
Choctaw Nation (USA) (Louis Quatorze)
Group 1 Dubai Sheema Classic
1. Phoenix
Reach (IRE) (Alhaarth-Carroll’s Canyon)
2. Razkalla
(USA) (Caerleon-Larrocha)
3.
Collier Hill (GB) (Dr Devious-Polar Queen0
Group 1 Dubai
Golden Shaheen
1.
Saratoga County (USA) (Valid Expectations-Grub’s Dancer)
2.
Tropical Star (IRE) (Machiavellian-Tropical)
3.
Botanical (USA) (Seeking the Gopld-Satin Flower)
Group 1 Dubai Duty Free
1. Elvstroem (AUS) (Danehill-Circles of
Gold)
2.
Whilly (IRE) (Sri Pekan-Santa Rosa)
3. Right
Approach (GB) (Machiavellian-Abbey Strand)
Group 2 Godolphin Mile
1. Grand
Emporium (SAF) (National Assembly-Whistling Dixie)
2. Qais
(USA) (Seeking the Gold-Snow Bride)
3.
Tsigane (FR) (Anabaa-Trevillari)
Group 2 UAE Derby
1. Blues
and Royals (USA) (Honour and Glory-Dixieland Blues)
2. Marenostrum
(BRZ) (Royal Academy-Dominance)
3. Parole Board
(USA) (Dynaformer-Forget About It)
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