First Season Sires 2013

The very same Aragorn - he's one of a few entires to race over fences. The best (Nickname aside) in the UK and Ireland would have been Kadastrof who placed in a Champion Chase in the 1990's.

Paul Nicholls' tried to buy Big Bucks' relative Bucks Boum after he'd run well in the big 3yo hurdle in France but connections wanted to retire him to stud and PN wanted to geld him. Racing entires over hurdles and fences is much more common in France than in the UK and Ireland.

Nickname retired to the Haras De Victot stud that his sire Lost World stood at but sadly died in 2011 so there'll only be two or three crops by him.

Red Name should hopefully go on from that success and he looks like he should make up into a cracking chaser for the Papot family who have their first horse in Ireland this season with Rubi Ball moving to Willie Mullins (though after Bel La Vie's injury I can see him racing back in France in the big chase in November).

Martin
 
Thanks Martin, rare to see an NH horse's progeny on the track.

It will be interesting to see how Mullins does with Rubi Ball and where he aims him.
 
I'd imagine he'll be aimed at the big 3m+ chases to start with. Papot might ask them to get him back for Auteuil at the start of November but he's been off the boil for some while, he won the Grand Steeplechase in 2010 and the 2010 and 2011 renewals of the big November race the Prix La Haye Jousselin but he's been off the boil since and has fallen four times at Auteuil in the interim.

A mark in the 150's would look good for him and if he isn't aimed at Auteuil again then maybe something like the Troytown early on - valuable handicap chase and he will love a bog and a real stamina test. Later on the Irish National could be a target for him but I think they're getting him 18 months to 2 years too late so I wouldn't be using him as a guide to how good the French chasers are.

There's a horse over there called Rochmi Du Mont who seems to hate the water jump at Auteuil - if a trainer or owner (ie. Ricci maybe) fancied a horse for big staying chases in Ireland then he would be an interesting purchase for them as at the moment his entire career will probably hinge around him trying to kill himself in Paris or winning a G3 event at Pau every January (he beat Rubi Ball in it this year).

Martin
 
Winners for CHAMPS ELYSEES (Avenue Gabriel) and DANDY MAN (Lady Ultra) yesterday.

Two debutantes today:

Listowel 3.45 DANDY MAN - Red Cavier

Wolverhampton 5.00 MAJOR CADEAUX - Dont Tell Nan
 
A winner for AQLAAM (Meeting Waters) yesterday.

Today's newcomers:

Newcastle 2.10 AQLAAM - Hello Sweetness

Wolverhampton 6.40 CAPTAIN GERRARD - Naivasha
Wolverhampton 6.40 BUSHRANGER - Sky Ranger
 
BUSHRANGER had a winner with Black Caesar yesterday.

Today's newcomers:

Newbury 1.20 WINKER WATSON - Characterise

Newmarket 1.55 SEA THE STARS - By Jupiter
Newmarket 1.55 CHAMPS ELYSEES - Fray
Newmarket 1.55 SEA THE STARS - Taghrooda

Newmarket 2.30 AQLAAM - Broughton's Secret

Newbury 4.40 MASTERCRAFTSMAN - Kingston Hill
 
Winners for MAJOR CADEAUX (Late Nite Request), MASTERCRAFTSMAN (Kingston Hill) and SEA THE STARS (Taghrooda) yesterday.

No first-timers today.

Latest tables:

By total prizemoney:


STALLION WINNERS–RUNNERS WINS RUNS 2ND 3RD 4TH WIN PRIZE TOTAL PRIZE
Dandy Man 15–40 38% 18 131 16 17 16 £229,762 £332,955
Intense Focus 9–40 23% 13 147 21 18 19 £181,763 £261,878
Mastercraftsman 15–44 34% 18 127 19 18 17 £120,937 £235,553
Bushranger 14–63 22% 17 198 21 23 21 £75,177 £164,661
Captain Gerrard 10–34 29% 17 139 16 14 16 £47,554 £83,984
Champs Elysees 5–17 29% 6 42 3 4 3 £50,339 £73,002
Sea The Stars 4–18 22% 5 35 8 8 4 £31,898 £53,132
Aqlaam 4–14 29% 4 43 6 5 5 £35,127 £49,268
Myboycharlie 6–21 29% 6 74 7 9 10 £24,307 £42,008
Major Cadeaux 4–18 22% 6 61 4 5 7 £29,568 £37,133
Art Connoisseur 4–19 21% 5 61 7 8 11 £18,760 £33,699
Soldier Of Fortune 1–2 50% 2 8 1 0 2 £11,968 £13,442
Winker Watson 1–10 10% 1 45 5 9 6 £2,911 £11,258
Archipenko 1–4 25% 2 13 1 1 1 £6,469 £8,374
Naaqoos 1–2 50% 1 3 1 0 0 £6,469 £7,720
Virtual 1–7 14% 1 17 1 1 3 £2,588 £6,282
Creachadoir 1–1 100% 1 4 0 1 1 £3,235 £4,586
Thewayyouare 2–2 100% 2 5 1 0 0 £3,986 £4,563
Dunkerque 1–1 100% 1 5 2 0 1 £1,941 £3,507
Yeats 0–7 — 0 15 1 2 1 £0 £3,326
US Ranger 0–3 — 0 11 1 3 0 £0 £2,778
Le Havre 0–1 — 0 2 0 0 1 £0 £241


By number of wins:

STALLION WINNERS–RUNNERS WINS RUNS 2ND 3RD 4TH WIN PRIZE TOTAL PRIZE
Mastercraftsman 15–44 34% 18 127 19 18 17 £120,937 £235,553
Dandy Man 15–40 38% 18 131 16 17 16 £229,762 £332,955
Captain Gerrard 10–34 29% 17 139 16 14 16 £47,554 £83,984
Bushranger 14–63 22% 17 198 21 23 21 £75,177 £164,661
Intense Focus 9–40 23% 13 147 21 18 19 £181,763 £261,878
Champs Elysees 5–17 29% 6 42 3 4 3 £50,339 £73,002
Major Cadeaux 4–18 22% 6 61 4 5 7 £29,568 £37,133
Myboycharlie 6–21 29% 6 74 7 9 10 £24,307 £42,008
Sea The Stars 4–18 22% 5 35 8 8 4 £31,898 £53,132
Art Connoisseur 4–19 21% 5 61 7 8 11 £18,760 £33,699
Aqlaam 4–14 29% 4 43 6 5 5 £35,127 £49,268
Thewayyouare 2–2 100% 2 5 1 0 0 £3,986 £4,563
Soldier Of Fortune 1–2 50% 2 8 1 0 2 £11,968 £13,442
Archipenko 1–4 25% 2 13 1 1 1 £6,469 £8,374
Naaqoos 1–2 50% 1 3 1 0 0 £6,469 £7,720
Creachadoir 1–1 100% 1 4 0 1 1 £3,235 £4,586
Dunkerque 1–1 100% 1 5 2 0 1 £1,941 £3,507
Virtual 1–7 14% 1 17 1 1 3 £2,588 £6,282
Winker Watson 1–10 10% 1 45 5 9 6 £2,911 £11,258
Le Havre 0–1 — 0 2 0 0 1 £0 £241
US Ranger 0–3 — 0 11 1 3 0 £0 £2,778
Yeats 0–7 — 0 15 1 2 1 £0 £3,326
 
Today's newcomers:

Newmarket 2.00 MASTERCRAFTSMAN - Carthage
Newmarket 2.00 MASTERCRAFTSMAN - Masterpaver
Newmarket 2.00 SEA THE STARS - Touch The Sky

Pontefract 2.20 DANDY MAN - Smart Alec
Pontefract 2.20 VIRTUAL - Starlite Jewel

Pontefract 4.40 INTENSE FOCUS - Deep Resolve
 
MASTERCRAFTSMAN had a winner with Master The World yesterday.

Today's newcomers:

Haydock 2.30 INTENSE FOCUS - Jolly Red Jeanz

Newmarket 3.50 AQLAAM - Mitraad
Newmarket 3.50 SEA THE STARS - Tall Ship

Wolverhampton 7.40 THE CARBON UNIT - Dolce N Karama
 
Tides Reach a winner for MASTERCRAFTSMAN yesterday.

Today's first-timers:

Salisbury 1.45 CHAMPS ELYSEES - Field Of Fame
Salisbury 1.45 MASTERCRAFTSMAN - Skilled

Newcastle 2.10 MYBOYCHARLIE - Worcharlie'slass

Newcastle 2.40 BUSHRANGER - Green Zone

Kempton 6.10 BUSHRANGER - Broadway Ranger
 
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