sires in form
Dubious about Dubai but not Dubawi
Saturday, February 13th, 2010From the 22nd of January to the 7th of February, Dubawi had six runners on the all-weather. All six won. The six victories earned the lucky owners £15,811, an average of £2,635 or $4,130 per victory. These are the amounts before deductions for the winning trainers, jockeys and stable staff and before entry fees,riding fees and travel costs [...]
2010- the year of Montjeu?
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009The future looks very bright for Montjeu. We commented on St Nicholas Abbey after his win in the Beresford and he then followed up with a very impressive performance in the Racing Post Trophy. He was priced at 5/2 for Epsom which was understandable given the manner of his success and the fact that Montjeu’s previous [...]
10 days that changed the world (of bloodstock)
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009The last 2 weeks have seen huge amounts of top level action in the UK, Ireland and France. It would be easy to simply write about one top level winner but I aim to please so here are ten items of interest from the past two weeks…….
1.Sea the Stars- His greatness is unquestioned, but is he the greatest [...]
Rain helped this Parade
Sunday, September 6th, 2009Last month, I wrote about the phenomenal success that Oasis Dream was enjoying. Not to be outdone, Pivotal has just had his own super Saturday. It was a potent reminder that he has earned the right to be considered the best sire in Britain and he isn’t going to easily relinquish that title to young pretenders Oasis Dream and Dansili.
Within [...]
No mystery here.
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009The Prix Morny was expected to see Cranford Cliffs prove himself a superstar. Instead he finished only third behind narrow winner Arcano. Arcano is now unbeaten in three runs after winning a Newmarket maiden and the Group 2 July stakes also at Newmarket. His win wasn’t visually impressive and more improvement will be required if he [...]
Montjeu jumps to the fore
Thursday, January 8th, 2009Sadler’s Wells has had a profound effect on the jump racing scene, even more so than his impact on the flat. A look at the current jump stallions standings shows Sadler’s Wells himself in 15th position by prize money and an astonishing 7 of his sons are ahead of him in the stallion rankings. These [...]
What Goes Up? Recession Busters
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008Chicken Little aka Chicken Licken wasn’t wrong, she was just ahead of her time. Nowadays it seems that the sky really is falling down as asset values crash around the world. Stallion fees are understandably under pressure as the recent sales season showed falls in the grosses, averages, and medians. However there are still some [...]
Compton Place for Pace
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Compton Place is after a fantastic few weeks. On the 19th July the six year old Intrepid Jack won the Group 3 Hackwood Stakes over 6 furlongs. On the 1st August the two year old Prolific won the Group 2 Richmond Stakes and then to cap it all on the 22nd August another 6 year old Borderlescott [...]
Who likes it heavy?
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008I blame the Chinese for the ‘Summer’ we just endured. Once they stopped burning all that coal in an effort to clean up Beijing’s polluted air for the Olympics they somehow changed the Irish climate for the worse. Also I’ve developed a new theory on the extinction of the dinosaurs which I suspect was caused by a [...]
Sires in Form- Mere Coincidence?
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008There is a popular thread on the betfair breeding forum regarding ’sires in form’. Forumites diligently monitor and report upon those sires who are having the most winners in a particular month. Thus far in July Royal Applause has had 18 winners, ahead of Bahamian Bounty and Kheleyf. Every month seems to see different sires [...]
