Pinatubo

3.12 Yarmouth, Novice, 3yo/up, f/m, 10f 23yT MALDIVES (IRE) (Camelot {GB}) debuts for Amo Racing in an intriguing affair and is an important one for the operation, being their 2.9-million gns purchase at the Tattersalls October Book 1. Kevin Philippart De Foy introduces the first foal out of the Group-placed Sense Of Style (Zoffany), a half-sister to Camelot's high-class multiple Group 1 winner Luxembourg, and she is in deep against some promising types. They include Cayton Park Stud's similarly-unraced I'm The One (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), the first foal...

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Take A Breath in California. Santa Ana Glory For Bated Breath Filly Take A Breath (Bated Breath) dropped her nose on the line to capture the GIII Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita Park on March 15 (video). Bred by Highgate Stud, the four-year-old filly is raced by Chivalry Thoroughbred Racing and Rancho Temescal Thoroughbred Partners. A 135,000gns buy-back out of the Tattersalls...

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Every Vote Counts in New York. Third Start The Charm For Pinatubo Filly Klaravich Stables' Every Vote Counts (Pinatubo) strolled to a 1 1/4-length victory during the Belmont at the Big A meeting on November 2 (video). Trained by Chad Brown and bred by The Sparkle Roll Partnership, she was making her third start. A 220,000gns Tattersalls October yearling, the daughter of G2...

In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the Breeders' Cup meeting. Ethical Diamond Hands Mullins The Turf Training maestro Willie Mullins landed the biggest Flat victory of his career with Ethical Diamond (Awtaad) in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf on Saturday (video). A winner of a brace of valuable handicaps across the pond, the five-year-old gelding has also run seven of his lifetime starts over hurdles. Bred by W. Kennedy, Ethical Diamond is owned...

Windermere Stud, which is run by Australian native Janine Gandy and Pierre-Hugues Henry, enjoyed a successful consigning debut at the Arqana July Sale with nine lots selling for an aggregate of €396,000 and an average price of €44,000. That debut draft included a €135,000 Doctor Dino gelding. The pair is hoping to build on that dream debut when consigning a Pinatubo colt [lot 122] and filly from the first crop of State Of Rest [231] at the August Sale at Arqana. The Pinatubo colt is out of a sister to...

Wednesday, Toulouse, France, post time: 14:47, DERBY DU LANGUEDOC-Listed, €55,000, 3yo, 12fT Field: Kirchner (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Flying Free (Fr) (Teofilo {Ire}), Espoir Avenir (Fr) (Montmartre {Fr}), Ponderado (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Killary King (Fr) (Hunter's Light {Ire}), The Sheriff (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}), Senorito (Fr) (Elarqam {GB}), Scottie The Hottie (Ire) (Persian King {Ire}), Croquis (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Pinatubo is starting to show that he can get middle-distance performers and Croquis is one of the better ones, having finished second in the 12-furlong Listed Prix de l'Avre last month....

It may be the season to be jolly, but it's also a time of reflection, and there are many ways one can look back on a first-season sires' championship in Britain and Ireland that was ultimately dominated from start to finish by Whitsbury Manor Stud's Sergei Prokofiev.  The cool thing to say about this year's championship was that none of the new stallions seemed to be standing out from the crowd like Blue Point (Ire) and Havana Grey (GB) had done in previous years.  That may well be true, but...

Goffs chief executive Henry Beeby hailed a "truly international buying bench" at the conclusion of the Autumn Yearling Sale on Thursday. Turnover climbed by 15% to €3,735,200 while average was up by 4% to €8,748. The median matched last year's figure of €5,000 while the clearance rate was up marginally [1%] to 77%.  Beeby commented, "All corners of the globe. 2025 will see Goffs Autumn graduates race all over the world following the last three days. Our job as Ireland's premier auction house since 1866 is to work in the...

Domestic buyers dominated the concluding Part 2 session of this year's October Yearling Sale at Arqana on Thursday where a Pinatubo (Ire) filly offered by the La Motteraye Consignment sold to Emeric Guétin on behalf of Ecurie des Charmes for €125,000.  Pinatubo is just three winners off Sergei Prokofiev--who has 21--in a wide-open first-season sires' championship in Britain and Ireland. From just seven runners in France, he has sent out four individual winners, including some highly-touted performers.  Thursday's top lot hails from a family Lucien Urano of Ecurie des Charmes...

The search for the next Vandeek (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) just became a whole lot tougher. That's not to say that separating potential Group 1 winners apart from the near-200 horses who breeze up the Rowley Mile is an easy task to start with.  However, the howling wind, vertical hailstorm and torrential rain added a whole new dimension to the breeze at this year's Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale.  They tell us year after year that the times don't matter. That they only serve as just another piece of the jigsaw...

Bloodstock agent Mike Ryan has given the lowdown on the top Chad Brown-trained juvenile prospects that were selected at last year's Book 1 session at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Ryan, who has sourced well over 50 Group/Grade 1 winners in his long and distinguished career, including Book 1 graduates Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Digital Age (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and Domestic Spending (GB) (Kingman {GB}), admitted to finding trade "a little easier" in 2023 compared to previous visits to Park Paddocks.  Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine...

Never has the demand to get horses into the breeze-up sales in Europe been higher. It begs the question; how do the big sales companies limit their catalogues?  Inspectors from Tattersalls, Arqana and Goffs have been out in force in recent weeks trawling through the breeze-up consignors' barns to come up with their shortlists.  According to Harry Fowler, one of the main inspectors at Goffs, entries for the company's only breeze-up sale have sky-rocketed this year. With most of the viewing done at this stage, the Goffs inspectors will meet...