British-breds lead the way at Royal Ascot (21/06/2010)
THE Queen may be in attendance every day at Royal Ascot, but it was the British-bred who reigned supreme. The GB suffix was carried to victory in exactly half of the meeting’s 30 races, while British based stallions were responsible for an additional three winners. Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte operation is enjoying a fantastic season and that momentum rolled right on to the Royal meeting. Juddmonte stallion Dansili sired three winners, including the G ...read more |
Day two of Ascot dominated by Juddmonte (17/06/2010)
Day Two of the Royal Ascot meeting belonged to Khalid Abdullah and his Juddmonte stallions. The finish to the big race of the day, the Gr.1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes, was dominated by Khalid Abdullah runners, with Byword (Peintre Celebre) just holding on to win from the fast finishing Henry Cecil-trained Twice Over Observatory); both horse ...read more |
Second King's Stand for Newsells-bound Equiano (16/06/2010)
Equiano was the impressive winner of the Gr.1 King’s Stand Stakes, recovering quickly after a stumble from the stalls before making most of the running and scoring by a length and a half. The French-bred son of Acclamation, who retires to Newsells Park Stud next year, where he will stand alongside the young sire Mount Nelson, won the race ...read more |
Classic glory for Refuse to Bend (14/06/2010)
SARAFINA, who last month became her sire Refuse To Bend's first Group 1 winning produce in winning the Prix St Alary, added further glory to her stallion's stud record when heading a one-two for the Aga Khan in the Prix de Diane at Chantilly on Sunda ...read more |
Successful BBM reception & racing in Prague (14/06/2010)
British Bloodstock Marketing hosted a reception at Velka Chuchle racecourse in Prague yesterday to raise awareness of, and to promote, British-bred and - sold bloodstock. They sponsored a race along with Tattersalls and Doncaster Bloods ...read more |
Striking Ambition off the mark with his second runner (10/06/2010)
Longdon Stud’s first season sire Striking Ambition (Makbul) got off the mark with his second runner when Striking Priorite won a maiden impressively at Kempton last night. Having tracked the pace, he asserted approaching the final furlong and ...read more |
Equiano to stand at Newsells Park Stud (10/06/2010)
Newsells Park Stud has acquired a share in Equiano, whose dam Entente Cordiale (Ela-Mana-Mou) it owns, with the intention of standing him there for the 2011 season, it has been announced. The stud has entered into a partnership w ...read more |
TBA Seminar to be held in Newmarket (10/06/2010)
This year’s TBA Annual Seminar ‘The Breeding Business –A Year On’ gives breeders a chance to re-group and re-examine the state of the breeding industry twelve months after last year’s ‘Breeding Business’ Seminar. The seminar will include economic and ...read more |
6th Group 1 winner for Oasis Dream (01/06/2010)
The five-year-old Tuscan Evening continued the excellent recent run of success for her young sire OASIS DREAM when landing her fifth race in a row – and her first Gr.1 – in Saturday’s Gamely Stakes at Hollywood Park.Unusually held up off the ...read more |
