Juddmonte Jewel Heads to Qatar

Jewel House is off to Qatar | Tattersalls

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The trade for horses in training picked up dramatically at Tattersalls in comparison to last year, with an impressive 96% clearance rate through the session in which colts with good recent form in particular sold at a premium.

Two separate Qatari entities went head-to-head to buy the Dubawi (Ire) colt Jewel House (GB) from Juddmonte and it was owner Abdualtif Hussain Al-Emadi who came out best, bidding 215,000gns for the 3-year-old (lot 552). The Newmarket maiden winner, a son of Arizona Lake (GB), a Dansili (GB) half-sister to the dam of Frankel (GB), will be trained by Ibrahim Al-Malki for the Qatar Derby. His rival trainer Jassim Al Ghazali had to settle for the role of under-bidder on this occasion.

“The fact that he is by Dubawi is a big plus. He has some good form and goes on the fast ground. He ticks a lot of boxes for Qatar,” Al Malki said.

“He has been bought for the Qatar Derby in December and will ship out shortly to give him plenty of time to acclimatise. He has a stallion's page so if all goes well he could stand at stud in Qatar or anywhere around the world.”

Of the 179 horses led through the ring on Thursday, only eight exited unsold, and that strong clearance rate saw figures shoot up in all sectors. The aggregate improved by 43% to 3,500,900gns, while the average was up by 37% to 20,473gns and the median almost doubled to 12,500gns.

Qatar's champion trainer Jassim Al Ghazali, a regular buyer at British horses-in-training sales, did have his way later in the session when bidding on lot 601, Vona (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Previously trained by Richard Fahey for the Nick Bradley Racing syndicate, the 90-rated 3-year-old won the Listed Mayrygate S. at York last season and has been consistently placed in her recent outings.

Five-time winner Laidback Romeo (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) entered the ring with a rating of 98 and lot 535 was the subject of plenty of interest, with Jake Warren winning the battle at 115,000gns. Trained by Clive Cox for Alan Craddock in the same colours of Lethal Force (Ire), the 5-year-old will continue his career in Bahrain eventually but may initially race on in the UK for an undisclosed owner.

The 105-rated Baydar (GB) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) (lot 474) was the highlight from Hugo Palmer's draft but will be returning to his Newmarket home after being bought for a new owner by agent Richard Knight Bloodstock for 110,000gns.

“Baydar was a good horse last year and hopefully we can get him back to that. He has lost his way a little, but he is a high-class horse.”

The winner of four races in a row last season for Ibrahim Araci, the 4-year-old is a half-brother to another talented runner from the Palmer yard, the G3 Solario S. winner Aktabantay (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}).

As the evening session swung into action, Baydar's stablemate Via Serendipity (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) (lot 528) took to the ring, fetching 100,000gns with one bid from Liam Norris. Bought on behalf of Happy Valley Racing & Breeding, which races a number of horses in Britain with various trainers, the 3-year-old gelding will move across Newmarket to join trainer Stuart Williams. A winner last season at Newmarket over seven furlongs, Via Serendipity is rated 86 and is a son of German Listed winner Mambo Light (Kingmambo), herself a grand-daughter of the Niarchos family's G1 Phoenix S. winner Aviance (GB) (Northfields).

“Stuart and I really liked him,” Norris said. “He was one of the first horses we looked at with Geoff Price of the Happy Valley syndicate and he was at the top of the list all week. We tried on the horse that was sold to Hong Kong yesterday [Gino Severini] but we liked this horse better and he has some really good form in the book.”

Immediately preceding Via Serendipity was the Frankel colt Majoris (Ire), a grandson of the dual Oaks winner Alexandrova (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) and a dual winner at two for Palmer and Al Asayl Bloodstock. The 3-year-old attracted a bid of 82,000gns from Greg Chung of Linden Lodge Bloodstock who offered that the colt could end up racing in Hong Kong eventually.

The final day of trade at the July Sale starts today at 9.30, with a final follow-up session after racing from 6pm.

 

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