Month: June 2022

Kingman’s Age of Kings Another Rising Star For Ballydoyle

Kept waiting over three weeks for the re-emergence of Age of Kings (Ire) (Kingman {GB}–Turret Rocks {Ire}, by Fastnet Rock {Aus}) following his highly promising debut at Naas, the Irish racing faithful were able to revel in a second outing full of top-class potential on Wednesday as he became the fifth TDN Rising Star among Ballydoyle's current juvenile crop. Backed into 4-7 favouritism for The Curragh's six-furlong Holden Plant Rentals Irish EBF Race, the 1.1million gns Book 1 graduate was able to cruise in front under Ryan Moore before being asked to stretch approaching the final furlong. Responding generously, the son of Jim Bolger's G2 May Hill S. winner hit the line strong with four lengths to spare over New Image (GB) (Frankel {GB}), with News At Ten (GB) (Twilight Son {GB}) another 4 1/2 lengths away in third. Age of Kings was also providing his Banstead Manor-based sire with a 24th TDN Rising Star in the process.

Age of Kings, who was denied by a pixel on his racecourse introduction by The Aga Khan's highly-regarded Shartash (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), is the first foal out of Turret Rocks who also finished runner-up to Ballydoyle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac and was third in the G3 Silver Flash S. during a fruitful juvenile campaign for Coolcullen. Later successful in the G3 Blue Wind S. and G3 Meld S. and third in the G1 Pretty Polly S., she stood for longevity as well as precocity so it was no surprise that Aidan O'Brien was in no rush with her son afterwards. “We're delighted with him, he came forward lovely from the first day where he was very green. He got it together there, so it was nice,” he said. “They won't all go to Ascot, some will stay at home, and if he doesn't go he could come back here for the [G2] Railway or something.”

Turret Rocks is a half-sister to Beyond Thankful (Ire) (Whipper), who took the G3 Newcastle Cup and was second in the G3 Killavullan S. This is also the family of the G2 Fuji TV Sho Spring S. winner and G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) third Galore Creek (Jpn) (Kinshasa no Kiseki (AUS)), the G3 Stanerra S. winner Cimeara (Ire) (Vocalised) and her 2-year-old full-sister Comhra (Ire) who was runner-up in the recent G3 Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Naas Fillies Sprint S. Turret Rocks' yearling colt is by Too Darn Hot (GB).

2nd-Curragh, €23,000, Cond, 6-1, 2yo, 6fT, 1:14.67, gd.
AGE OF KINGS (IRE), c, 2, by Kingman (GB)
     1st Dam: Turret Rocks (Ire) (GSW-Eng, MGSW & G1SP-Ire, G1SP-Fr, $396,000), by Fastnet Rock (Aus)
     2nd Dam: Beyond Compare (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
     3rd Dam: Gold Bust (GB), by Nashwan

(1,100,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $19,220. O-Westerberg,Magnier,Tabor,Smith,Brant; B-Farmleigh Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

 

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Thursday’s Insights: Full to Good Magic Debuts at Belmont

4th-BEL, $90K, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 4:40 p.m.
FOR GOOD (Curlin) gets his start for Chad Brown and e Five Racing Thoroughbreds. The $800,000 KEESEP yearling purchase, who is out of MSW and GSP Glinda the Good (Hard Spun), comes from the same Stonestreet Thoroughbreds pipeline that produced juvenile champion Good Magic, who was also campaigned by this colt's connections. Purchased for $1-million at the 2016 KEESEP sale, Good Magic went on to take the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile and GI Haskell Invitation in addition to finishing runner-up in the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Champagne S. TJCIS PPs

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Sisterson to Open Public Stable

Jack Sisterson, who has trained privately for Calumet Farm since 2018, is going public. Calumet will remain as a client and will keep a number of horses with Sisterson, but significantly fewer than he has typically had.

Sisterson said he is making the move in the hopes that expanding and taking on other owners will lead to more opportunities.

“This is something we have been discussing for a few months,” he said. “I give all the credit to Calumet. If it weren't for them I wouldn't be where I am today. We started discussing things a while ago and it looked like the only way that I could grow in this business was to reach out, branch out and always try to do better. Talking to the people at Calumet, they said at one point that it would be selfish to hold on to me as a private trainer. They also said that if I ever decided to go out on my own they'd still like to have a working relationship with me.”

Sisterson, a native of Durham, England, was a long-time assistant to Doug O'Neill before going to work for Calumet. Calumet uses a number of different trainers, but Sisterson was the only one among them who trained exclusively for the operation. He won his first stakes for Calumet with Oxy Lady (Oxbow) in the 2018 GIII Tempted S. In 2019, his first full year with Calumet, Sisterson won 20 races, including three graded stakes. The team reached new heights in 2020 when Sisterson won his first two Grade I races, taking the GI Personal Ensign S. with Vexatious (Giant's Causeway) and the GI Cigar Mile H. with True Timber (Mineshaft). There were two more Grade I wins in 2021, the GI Man o'War S. won by Channel Cat (English Channel) and the GI Alfred Vanderbilt H. won by Lexitonian (Speightstown).

“For four years, we have had a lot of success and a lot of fun times,” Sisterson said. “We've had a few Grade I winners together What I'd like to do now is to continue to win Grade I's for Calumet and for other organizations, as well. The long-term goal is to win a Kentucky Derby, to win Breeders' Cup races.”

Sisterson said that the continuing support from Calumet will make the transition to being a public trainer easier to accomplish.

“I'm excited,” he said. “I would have been nervous if I weren't getting the support of Calumet. They are 100 percent behind this. It's a dream come true. They have allowed me to train privately for them for four years. Now they're going to help me out and give me a number of their best horses. Their support has been unbelievable. I'll forever be in their debt for the support they have given me.”

Sisterson plans on unveiling his new stable at the Del Mar meet.

“I worked for Doug for so long in California and had a very good experience there,” Sisterson said. “I'd like to go to Del Mar for the summer and take advantage of the ship and win program. I know California well. California has been good to me and I'd like to get back there. I think California racing is very much still alive and I'm excited to think I will be a part of it. The short-term goal is to get the public stable set up at Del Mar and to have winners at the meet and to be able to continue to grow after this summer.”

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Kentucky Derby Winner Rich Strike Arrives at Belmont

GI Kentucky Derby upsetter Rich Strike (Keen Ice) arrived in New York by van from Kentucky at 1 a.m. Wednesday to prepare for the GI Belmont S. June 11.

With exercise rider Gabriel Lagunes up, Rich Strike visited Belmont's dirt training track at 9:30 a.m. with the accompaniment of outrider Juan Galvez and his pony Stormy, making two laps the wrong way round.

“He settled down a lot the second time round. A lot of that was trying to get him used to the pony. You could see the farther he went the better he accepted the pony,” trainer Eric Reed said. “I think by the end of the week they'll be good buddies and on race day he needs a buddy. He'll sleep the rest of the day. I know he's tired, he just doesn't show it.”

Going forward Rich Strike will school in the paddock in the morning before training on the main track.

“He's so routine oriented. We're in a new place, so we can set his routine here and in two days, he'll be fine,” Reed said.

Reed said if Rich Strike continues to move forward their long-term target would be the GI Runhappy Travers S. Aug. 27 at Saratoga.

“The owners always wanted to run him in the Travers and I think it's a good spot for him,” Reed said. “If all the horses are freshened and ready that could be a heck of a field in the Travers with Epicenter, Zandon, Early Voting and whoever comes out of this race. It could be a great, great race.”

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