November, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Perennial Leading Turf Sire English Channel Succumbs to Illness

Calumet Farm's perennial leading turf sire English Channel (Smart Strike–Belva, by Theatrical {Ire})'s health rapidly declined in the past 24 hours under the care of top equine specialists at Rood and Riddle and he passed away Thursday morning.

“English Channel certainly went out on top,” a release from Calumet Farm read. “He was the number one turf sire for the past two years and you could consistently find his progeny on the board in the top turf races across the country. English Channel has meant so much to Calumet throughout the years and we appreciate all the breeders who also supported him.”

English Channel will be buried in the famed Calumet cemetery alongside many other champions from the farm's storied history. “It is a well-earned and fitting final resting place for such a spectacular horse,” a release from Calumet read.

Currently ranked second on the leading turf sires list for stallions standing in North America and 17th on the general sires list, again for North American-based stallions, English Channel was the 2007 Eclipse champion grass horse and tallied six Grade I wins during his racing career, highlighted by victory in the 2007 GI Breeders' Cup Turf at Monmouth. The $50,000 Keeneland September graduate was campaigned by James T. Scatuorchio and trained by Todd Pletcher. He was bred in Kentucky by Ann McBrayer's Keene Ridge Farm.

The 19-year-old stallion has produced six Canadian champions during his sire career, as well as the 2020 Eclipse champion turf male Channel Maker. His 11 crops of racing age include 62 Northern Hemisphere black-type winners and 32 graded winners, including 2021 Grade I winners War Like Goddess, Two Emmys, and Channel Cat. War Like Goddess rallied from last of 12 to finish third as the 2-1 favorite in Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Del Mar.

English Channel is the sire of 12 Grade I winners.

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Beginner’s Bet of the Week: The Superfecta

This week marks the latest installment of a new series on America’s Best Racing, the Beginner’s Bet of the Week sponsored by NYRA Bets. Each week, this blog will explore a new type of bet by explaining exactly what it is, how best to use that bet, and by putting the wager into practice in a race.

Mattmu to Stand at Bearstone Stud For 2022

Group 2 winner Mattmu (GB) (Indesatchel {Ire}), who was born and raised at Bearstone Stud, will stand there for £2,500 (Oct. 1st SLF) in 2022. Successful in the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte and G3 Phoenix Sprint, the bay was also third in the G1 Nunthorpe S. at York. From a select first crop of foals, Mattmu has a pair of winners from five runners, and one of his winners, Favourite Child (GB), ran second at listed level in France.

Terry Holdcroft, owner of Bearstone Stud, commented, “Mattmu has impressed us with the quality of his stock and his

early results indicate that he is capable of upgrading his mares. We are delighted to welcome him back to the stud where he was born and believe he deserves the opportunity to cover a larger book of mares and build on his early success.”

He is joined by Group 1 winner and sire Dream Ahead and Washington DC (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}).

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Highclere Stud Releases 2022 Roster and Fees

The 2022 roster and fees for Highclere Stud have been released. Both Cable Bay (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) at £8,000 and Land Force (Ire) (No Nay Never) at £5,000, will stand for Oct. 1st SLF, with both fees unchanged from 2021. Cable Bay's eldest foals are just 4-year-olds, and he is already the sire of six black-type winners including Liberty Beach (GB), who also ran third in the G1 King's Stand S., fellow group winner Collinsbay (GB), and three-time Group 1 placed Dragon Symbol (GB).

G2 Richmond S. hero Land Force will stand his third season at the Newbury nursery and demand for the G2 Norfolk S. third remains high. One of his first foals is a son of Tidal Stream (GB) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}), herself a half-sister to Group 3 winner Reach For The Moon (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Thames Pageant (GB) (Dansili {GB}). The last-named is the dam of recent GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint heroine Twilight Gleaming (Ire) (National Defense {GB}).

“Cable Bay had another terrific year highlighted by multiple Group-1 performing sprinter Dragon Symbol,” said Highclere's Jake Warren. “He has produced two Group 1 horses from his first two crops and has sired 18 individual group and stakes horses worldwide to date. Land Force has produced some outstanding first foals this year from his first crop of 155 mares which we are very excited about, so much so that 70% of the 118 mares he covered in his second crop were supplied by breeders that used him in year one. Our 50/50 and Euros4Euros terms have been extremely popular and will be on offer again this year.”

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