The G3 Commonwealth Cup Trial Stakes winner Cold Case (GB) has arrived at Haras des Granges in France and will stand for a fee of €2,500 in 2025.
Bred by Whitsbury Manor Stud, Cold Case initially sold for 100,000gns at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, before being purchased by trainer Karl Burke for 160,000gns when he returned to Park Paddocks for Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale. Burke saddled the son of Showcasing (GB) to win four of his 11 career starts for owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, with his other victories including the Listed Two Year Old Trophy at Redcar.
“Cold Case was a very fast horse,” Burke told Jour de Galop. “If it wasn't for injury he would have won more Group races. He has a great temperament and a very good conformation. I think he will be very successful as a stallion. When I first saw him as a yearling I thought he looked a lot like Showcasing's [G1 Commonwealth Cup and G1 Sprint Cup winner] Quiet Reflection.”
At the end of last year Cold Case was bought by BBA Ireland for 40,000gns when he was offered during the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, with the group behind the purchase consisting of Jerry Horan, John Bourke, Adam Potts and Jack Cantillon.
“Cold Case was entrusted to me by a group of Irishmen,” Mathieu Daguzan-Garros of Haras de Granges told Jour de Galop. “He was a speedy horse, with precocity, and sons of Showcasing–like Mohaather, Advertise and Soldier's Call–are doing well. They are all stallions who produce quick and early [runners].
“A good two-year-old, he had an accident at three in the [G1] Prix Maurice de Gheest in which he still finished fourth. He is a deep horse, with a beautiful shoulder, and he's a real outcross who should go with a wide variety of mares.”
Cold Case is out of the winning Dream Ahead mare Killermont Street (Ire), a half-sister to the G3 Cornwallis Stakes scorer Ponty Acclaim (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). His second dam, Leopard Creek (GB) (Weldnaas), is a full-sister to the multiple Listed winner and Group 3-placed Astonished (GB) and a half to the G3 Prix du Petit Couvert hero Bishops Court (GB) (Clantime {GB}).
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