Bloodstock News 2010

Have just found thoroughbredstallions.com - interesting thread about lush lashes to be covered by sea the stars. Also quite a lot of info about 2010 foals
 
Well, took SONGSHEET and the ISHIGURU ex PETROVNA filly over to Trickledown today, for them to finish the prep on the filly and for Songy to get at least half the way to BAHAMIAN BOUNTY.. The filly had never set hoof off the place til today but travelled like an old hand alongside the old bird and walked nicely off the box into her new quarters. While Songy barged off, yelling her head off announcing she was back....

The filly will hopefully appear at Tatts on Feb 4th and is one good-looking youngster, so I hope she finds a decent owner as she's very racy and so far has been as tough as they come.

Saw our DIAMOND GREEN - SONGSHEET 2yo colt, who is now well into his prep for the Donny breeze up in April and so far, so good. His eye doesn't bother him a bit and the uveitis hasn't flared up since since his foal days, so he should vet OK now and he's also a good-looking colt. Just hope he stays sound and shows some ability.
 
Just in case Turtle's fan misses the news under the New Members thread...

From the RP:

TURTLE ISLAND, sire of Sunday's Irish Arkle Chase winner An Cathaoir Mor, will stand this season at Allevamento Torre di Canicarao in Sicily.
The Irish 2,000 Guineas-winning son of Fairy King has stood in recent seasons at Coolmore's Beeches Stud in County Waterford.
He has carved out a good reputation as a dual-purpose sire, having supplied 2,000 Guineas winner Island Sands in his first crop and going on to provide high-class jumps performers including Scolardy, Liskennet and Bensalem.
His latest star in the jumps sphere is An Cathaoir Mor, whorocketed up ante-post betting lists for the Arkle at the Cheltenham Festival after shooting down better fancied rivals Sports Line and Take The Breeze to win the Irish Arkle at Leopardstown.
Turtle Island will command a fee of €5,000 this year and will stand alongside Imperial Ballet.
 
Interesting news

Coolmore in the hunt
for Starspangledbanner

By Nancy Sexton 4:00PM 28 JAN 2010
A DEAL to secure the stud services of Caulfield Guineas winner Starspangledbanner appears to have fallen the way of Coolmore, according to a report in theage.com.au.
The three-year-old son of Choisir - himself secured in a similar way by the Irish-based outfit during his racing career - is set to make his next appearance in Saturday's Group 1 Lightning Stakes at Flemington.
''This colt beat Denman, So You Think and Trusting, and all three are exceptional colts and will be valuable stallion prospects in the future,'' said Coolmore Australia's general manager Michael Kirwan of the colt, who has been valued at between A$6 million-A$10 million.
"He has a terrific pedigree and is a lovely looking individual. He'll make a great addition to our team if we are lucky enough to secure him."
According to the colt's owner Brad Spicer, the deal's completion could see Starspangledbanner join Aidan O'Brien in 2011 for a Royal Ascot campaign.
Starspangledbanner is the third foal out of the stakes-placed Gold Anthem, a daughter of Made Of Gold from the immediate family of Elvstroem and Haradasun.
 
He's a superstar. Choisir stands for 6k if Starpangled was able to reproduce his form up here it would give Choisir some boost.
 
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I see choisir has been taken off the coolmore website , getting a facelift or was starspangled purchased to replace him....
 
Things were as desperate in NZ and Oz as they were here and Ireland, but not so in France. I have a friend who breeds and races horses in NZ, and he's e-mailed to say he's lost a fortune in the past two years - sales way down, and little uptake on some nice race-ready animals he was trying to promote for syndication. It's as well that some people are backed up by other enterprises not connected to racing, or most would be going bust or near-bust if they relied on it solely for their daily bread.
 
That is true about NZ, where I am currently on holiday. Last year's Karaka sale showed a 33% drop, it will be interesting to see how this year's sale, which is held this week, goes. Not very well, I imagine.

I don't get the impression that the New Zealand economy is in as a good a state as the Australian one.

Incidentally, the big Karaka sales race, worth $1,000,000NZ, was run yesterday at a rainy Ellerslie (a twilight meeting, rather strangely), where the OZ raider Sister Havana won the 1200m event in front of a what looked a pretty sparse crowd. Getting the meeting to exactly clash both with the climax to the NZ Open golf as well as Men's Finals day at the Australian tennis was a masterpiece of scheduling.
 
Ven, if you're attending, he might be there. His name is Charles Everest, and he left Zambia in the early 1960s to ride out for Mrs Dingwall. Not sure which man's name she had to borrow as her training name. Charles later left the UK to work in international hotels for an uncle. His crowning achievement as a young man learning the business was in Nigeria, where on being asked politely by a couple of smart gentlemen which suite Minister X was in, he expertly directed them to the minister's rooms.

A few moments later, there was a rapid BANG-BANG-BANG! and the two gents exited considerably faster than on arrival, firing a few 'keep back' shots around the lobby, where an aghast Charles stood quivering. They'd - very politely - assassinated the minister.
 
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More stallion stuff:

GOODRICKE: Group 1-winning sprinter moves from Italy to Gestut Ohlerweiherdof in Germany, at a fee of 4,000 Euros.

MOON BALLAD: Dubai World Cup winner moves from Woodlands Stud, Galway, along with GRANDERA, to stand at Darley, Japan.

KAP ROCK: half-bro to KAPGARDE, sire of hurdler MR THRILLER, to stand alongside his sibling at Haras de la Hetraie, Normandy, for 1,200 Euros.

COURT MASTERPIECE: returns to stud at Norton Grove Stud, N. Yorks.

MILK IT MICK: from Lone Oak Stud, Newmarket, to Hedgeholme Stud, Co. Durham, where he'll be with ROB ROY, JOSR ALGARHOUD and MISU BOND.

MAJORIEN: son of MACHIAVELLIAN, from Haras de Lonray to Haras de Grandcamp; 2,200 Euros.

TRADE FAIR: last four seasons at Tweenhills, sold to Lynward Stud, Australia.

DAYJUR: retired from duties at Shadwell, Kentucky, due to the infirmities of old age.

PRESIDIUM: Norton Grove Stud sire whose best runners inc. ANDREYEV, has died aged 27.

BRIER CREEK: French National Stud stallion, sire of EDGBRIAR and PALYPSO DE CREEK, has died aged 21.

Standing at Yorton Farm, Shropshire:-
INDIAN DANEHILL for £2,000; BLUEPRINT for £1,250; PRIMO VALENTINO for £1,500; REVOQUE for £2,000.

East Burrow Farm has TOBOUGG @ £2,500 and DOUBLE TRIGGER @ £1,750.

Bearstone Stud offers FIREBREAK @ £3,000; INDESATCHEL @ £3,000; MAJOR CADEAUX @ £3,500, and MIND GAMES at the bargain price of £1,500.

For £500 less than dear old MIND GAMES, you can get a really stunning result by putting your mare to I WAS FRAMED, the first coloured TB officially registered by Weatherbys. Check him out at http://www.rectory-farm.co.uk His official colour is 'Paint-Brown Overo' (not skewbald!) and at 16.2 hh, he's fairly eye-filling.

Shade Oak Stud, Shropshire, offers BLACK SAM BELLAMY for £4,500 (with the billing "Sea the Value", as half-bro to SEA THE STARS; ALFLORA for £3,000 and FAIR MIX and GRAPE TREE ROAD both @ £2,000.

Also in Shropshire, Wood Farm Stud offers BOLLIN ERIC and ERHAAB @ £1,500 apiece.

You can get ORIENTOR for £2,000 at Pastures Barn Stud, Worcs., the same price asked for PARIS HOUSE and DESIDERATUM at Beechwood Grange Stud, Malton.

And yet more from Shropshire! Mickley Stud has CAPTAIN GERRARD @ £3,500 and MULTIPLEX @ £3,000.

Overbury Stud, Glos. offers BERTOLINI for £4,000.

Lanwades: ARCHIPENKO, £8,000 and SIR PERCY, £6,000. Whitsbury Manor: COMPTON PLACE for £6,000. Darley will let you use TIGER HILL for £8,000.

And now, the real bargain basement bonkers:

JOE BEAR, £1,000, Eldon Stud, Hampshire. RAINBOW HIGH £800, NOMADIC WAY £700, DENOUNCE £650 all at Louella Stud. Swallows Oast Stud, East Sussex, offers ROCK CITY and CAYMAN KAI for £600 apiece, BOOGIE STREET for a grand.
 
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