October, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Tattersalls December Yearling Sale Catalog Now Online

The catalog for the 2020 Tattersalls December Yearling Sale is out now and can be viewed at www.tattersalls.com. Numbering 173 lots, the December Yearling Sale will take place Monday, Nov. 23.

The Starspangledbanner half-sister to recent Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Alcohol Free and the Sea the Stars half-brother to Group 2 Prix Corrida winner Ambition, out of 2013 Oaks winner Talent, look to be amongst the highlights of the catalog which features own- or half-brothers and sisters to 37 group and listed winners including five Group 1/classic winners.

Buyers looking for yearlings eligible for the valuable Tattersalls bonus schemes and races will not be short of choice, with the catalog featuring 13 yearlings eligible for the lucrative £20,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus Scheme and a further 12 eligible for the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes. Fillies eligible for the Great British Bonus also look likely to attract attention and there is a sole lot qualified for French Owners' Premiums.

Seven of the current top 10 British and Irish sires have yearlings catalogued including Kingman, whose single offering is a colt out of Group 3 winner Lacarolina, Dark Angel, Kodiac, Lope de Vega, Pivotal, Sa the Stars, and Zoffany, who have a total of 22 yearlings cataloged between them.

Other proven Group 1 sires with progeny in the sale include Acclamation, Australia, Camelot, Dandy Man, Exceed and Excel, Farhh, Fastnet Rock, Mehmas, Nathaniel, New Approach, No Nay NEver, OAsis Dream, Sea The Moon, and Showcasing.

There are plenty of yearlings on offer from exciting young sires with either one or two crops of racing age including Belardo, Gleneagles, Golden Horn, Muharrar, Night of Thunder, Pride of Dubai, Territories, and Twilight Son, as well as Group 1 and classic-winning first crop yearling sires Aclaim, Caravaggio, Churchill, Decorated Knight, Galileo Gold, Highland Reel, Postponed, Profitable, Ribchester, and Zarak.

The largest consignment comes from The Castlebridge Consignment with 22 yearlings, followed by Baroda Stud with six and Culworth Grounds Farm, Jamie Railton, Meon Valley Stud and New England Stud, all of whom are consigning five yearlings.

Commenting on the catalogue for the 2020 Tattersalls December Yearling Sale, Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said;

“The Tattersalls December Yearling Sale is a consistent source of top-class performers with a well established reputation for combining quality and value for money. The catalog for the 2020 renewal has consignments from many of Britain and Ireland's most successful nurseries and as well as plenty of outstanding pedigrees, buyers will find a large number of yearlings eligible for valuable £20,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonuses and the ever – popular £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes, as well as the well-received Great British Bonuses.”

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David Hawes Remembered In Newmarket

Friends and former colleagues of David Hawes, who died on Friday, 16 October, will have the chance to pay their respects from outside Tattersalls on Wednesday as his funeral cortege passes by the sales house.

A longstanding and popular member of the Newmarket racing community and the sales circuit, Hawes, who was 59, was diagnosed with cancer in March.

Born in Yorkshire, he started his career with Peter Cundell in Berkshire after graduating from the Goodwood racing school. Following a stint as a jump jockey, he joined his brother Kevin in Newmarket, where he worked for Sir Michael Stoute for 13 years, during which time he looked after the G2 Cherry Hinton S. winner and 1000 Guineas third Dazzle (GB). He was also employed by Sir Henry Cecil, Michael Jarvis and Ed Dunlop.

From working in racing yards, Hawes spent some time working for Juddmonte Farms during the foaling season and as a night watchman. He was also a regular face in the sales drafts for Grove Stud and Kilminfoyle House Stud.

Along with his great passion for horses, he also enjoyed greyhound racing and was a successful owner, notably with the 2017 English Oaks winner, Wuheida.

“Dave was a really nice man who I knew for years on the sales circuit,” said Brendan Holland of Grove Stud. “We both share a passion for greyhounds passed down from our fathers and his proudest moment was when Wuheida, a bitch himself and Robin Sharp owned, won the English Oaks. They bought her from my brother Paul, who bred her. Dave was a good man, may he rest in peace.”

Michael Fitzpatrick of Kilminfoyle House Stud also paid tribute to his colleague. He said, “David worked the sales for me for 16 years and he was a kind and loyal man who will be sadly missed by all on the sales grounds. My condolences to all his family.”

Hawes’s daughter Amy recalled her father’s success with the first racehorse he bought. She said, “He was at the Donny sales and someone was trying to sell a filly who had been unsold in the ring. Dad bought her for £500 and kept her a secret from mum and me. He stabled her at Exeter Stables, broke her in, and rode her out every day. Her name was My Nan Nell and she won second time out at Wolverhampton. That was a very special evening and Dad was over the moon.”

My Nan Nell (Ire) was subsequently sold on to Team Valor and won another two races in America.

The funeral service for Hawes will take place on Wednesday and his friends are asked to gather near the entrance to Tattersalls on The Avenue, Newmarket at 2.30pm to say their farewells as the cortege passes.

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Gunnevera To Enter Stud At Florida’s Pleasant Acres Stallions For 2021

Pleasant Acres Stallions is excited to announce that multiple graded stakes winner and multimillionaire Gunnevera will stand in Florida for the 2021 breeding season with a $6,000 fee.

Gunnevera retired with six wins from 21 starts, where he hit the board in a total of six Grade 1 events, with earnings of $5,561,800 and an average of $264,848 per start.

“Helen and I, and the entire team at Pleasant Acres Stallions, are thrilled to have Gunnevera begin his stallion career at our farm,” said Joe Barbazon, owner of Pleasant Acres Stallions. “He has had a very exciting career – earning more than $5.5 million dollars – while beating multiple Grade 1 horses like Always Dreaming ($2,415,860), West Coast ($5,803,800), Practical Joke ($1,795,800), and Classic Empire ($2,520,220) on the track – Some of which he beat more than once.

“In Florida, there are two stallions standing that Gunnevera defeated twice each,” he continued. “One is Girvin in the Travers Stakes and the Kentucky Derby, and the other is Seeking the Soul in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes and the Woodward Stakes.”

Gunnevera was victorious in three starts at two – including the Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes and the $1-million G3 Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes. At three, he took the G2 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes and then finished third in the G1 Florida Derby. In the same year, Gunnevera won Gulfstream's black type Tangelo Stakes and was runner-up in the G1 Travers Stakes, as well as the G2 Lambholm South Holy Bull Stakes.

As a 4-year-old, Gunnevera placed second in the G1 Woodward Stakes and the G1 Breeders' Cup Classic, and third in the G1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational. His last race was the G1 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline in 2019, where he placed third.

Gunnevera is by G1 Florida Derby and G3 Holy Bull Stakes Winner Dialed In. A leading forth-crop sire in 2019, Dialed In already has eight black type horses in 2020. Dialed In is by A.P. Indy's Horse of the Year Mineshaft, out of multiple stakes-producing dam, Miss Doolittle, by Storm Cat.

Gunnevera is out of Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled. Unbridled had 24 starts and was on the board 20 times with eight firsts, six seconds, and six thirds. With earnings of $4,489,474, Unbridled won the G1 Florida Derby, the G1 Kentucky Derby, and the G1 Breeders' Cup.

Gunnevera started life off as a bottle-fed orphan at 10 days old. The big chestnut colt went on to race, win, and place at the highest level and in some of the most prestigious races around the world. He was a precocious 2-year-old that won the G2 Saratoga Special Stakes one month after winning his maiden special weight. He then went on to win the G3 $1-million Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes just three months later.

Gunnevera joins stallions Amira's Prince, Bucchero, Handsome Mike, Long On Value, Neolithic, Ride On Curlin, Squadron A, Sweetontheladies, and Treasure Beach at the 220-acre farm located just northwest of Ocala. Pleasant Acres Stallions has received many accolades for excellence, including 2017 Florida Freshman Sire of the Year for Poseidon's Warrior, 2017 DRF Florida-bred Beyer Award, 2009 Florida Breeder of the Year, 2009 Florida Broodmare of the Year, Breeder of the 2009 Florida Horse of the Year, and was ranked third in the nation for leading breeders in 2009 by average earnings per starter with 10 or more starters.

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Gunnevera to Stand at Florida’s Pleasant Acres Stallions

Multiple graded stakes winner Gunnevera (Dialed In-Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled) will stand at Pleasant Acres Stallions near Morriston, Fla., for the 2021 breeding season. The Salomon Del Valle colorbearer goes to the breeding shed with a record of 21-6-5-3 and earnings of $5,561,800. It was announced earlier this month that he had been retired from racing.

“Helen and I, and the entire team at Pleasant Acres Stallions, are thrilled to have Gunnevera begin his stallion career at our farm,” said Joe Barbazon, owner of Pleasant Acres and syndicate manager. “He has had a very exciting career–earning more than $5.5 million–while beating multiple Grade I horses like Always Dreaming (Bodemeister), West Coast (Flatter), Practical Joke (Into Mischief), and Classic Empire (Pioneerof the Nile) on the track.”

Winner of the 2017 GII XpressBet Fountain of Youth S. as well as the 2016 GII Saratoga Special S. and GIII Delta Downs Jackpot S., Gunnevera was perhaps better known for the races he didn’t win over a career that spanned four seasons. In 2018, he was second to eventual champion Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic after finishing in the runner-up spot to Yoshida (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}) in the GI Woodward S. The year prior, the Antonio Sano trainee was also second to eventual champion West Coast in the GI Travers S. In addition to being runner-up in some of the country’s biggest races, he also placed in the 2019 G1 Dubai World Cup in what would be his final start. Overall, he won or placed in 11 black-type events, 10 of which were graded.

Plagued by foot problems throughout his career, Gunnevera had overcome the loss of his dam and was a bottle-fed orphan from the time he was 10 days old. He goes to stud as the highest earner to ever stand in Florida.

Gunnevera will stand in 2021 for a fee of $6,000.

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