Month: October 2022

McKulick Leads Chad Brown-Trained Duo For Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup

Klaravich Stables' McKulick, winner of the Belmont Oaks Invitational (G1) this summer and most recently winner of the Jockey Club Oaks Invitational (G3), tops a field of seven 3-year-old fillies entered Wednesday for Saturday's 39th running of the $600,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky.

The Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, which is run at 1 1/8 miles on the grass, will go as the ninth race on Saturday's 10-race program with a 5:16 p.m. ET post time. First post is 1 p.m.

McKulick is one of two entrants to be trained by Chad Brown, who has won this race four times including 2021 with Shantisara (IRE). Never worse than third in seven career starts, McKulick will be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., who accounted for three stakes victories here last Saturday. She will break from post position six.

Brown's other entrant is Peter Brant's Gina Romantica. Runner-up in the Pebbles (G3) in her most recent start, Gina Romantica won her grass debut in the Riskaverse (L) in the race prior to the Pebbles.

Flavien Prat has the mount on Gina Romantica and will break from post two.

The field for the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, with riders from the rail out, is:

  1. California Angel (Rafael Bejarano)
  2. Gina Romantica (Prat)
  3. She's Gone (Luis Saez)
  4. New Year's Eve (Tyler Gaffalione)
  5. Bellabel (IRE) (Umberto Rispoli)
  6. McKulick (GB) (Irad Ortiz Jr.)
  7. Paris Peacock (Florent Geroux)

All starters will carry 121 pounds.

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Starspangledbanner Colt Knocked Down For 600k Gns To Richard Knight

The second lot north of 500,000gns in less than 20 lots at Park Paddocks, a chestnut son of Starspangledbanner (Aus) (lot 1321) from the Ballyvolane Stud consignment caught the eye of Richard Knight, who shelled out 600,000gns late in the day during Book 2. Bred by The Great Dame Partnership, he is the first foal from his dam, who is a half-sister to multiple group winner Donnerschlag (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}), and stakes winner Izzy Bizu (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). The latter is the dam of dual French listed heroine Dizzy Bizu (Ire) (Caravaggio), who has also been placed in the G3 Prix de Cabourg and G3 Prix d'Arenberg.

 

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Anthony Stroud Goes To 650,000 Gns For A Lope De Vega Filly At Tattersalls Book 2

Breeder Ballylinch Stud offered a bay filly (lot 1303) by their resident stallion Lope De Vega (Ire) on Wednesday and she was knocked down for 650,000gns to Anthony Stroud. The daughter of Gallitea (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is a full-sister to the winning Oviedo (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), who was third in the G3 Acomb S. in August. Gallitea is a half-sister to the ill-fated G1 Shadwell Fillies Mile and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies heroine Chriselliam (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), and Lope De Vega's triple Group 2 scorer Very Special (Ire), second in the 2016 G1 Falmouth S.

 

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Jade De Grugy Brings €230K On I Want The Winner

Debut winner Jade De Grugy (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}), who triumphed at first asking at Saint-Brieuc, brought €230,000 to top the latest I Want The Winner online sale. The AQPS 3-year-old filly sold to PB Bloodstock's H. Kirk and will be transferred to the yard of Willie Mullins.

PB Bloodstock said, “This filly has all the guarantees: a lot of scope, a high-level pedigree, and a very encouraging performance on her debuts. She ticks all the boxes to become a good recruit over jumps.”

The other lot to sell on the online platform was the mare Hell Dream (Fr) (Dream Well {Fr}), who brought €25,000 from agent Richard Busher.

IWTW's Valentin Adam, “At the end of this session with two quality lots, the horses offered were all sold, this proves that our system works and can accommodate high value profiles and generate confidence towards the buyers, thank you to them.”

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