November, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Belardo Moves To Bearstone Stud

Dual Group 1 winner Belardo (Ire) will move to Bearstone Stud in Shropshire for the 2023 breeding season. A former Darley stallion, he will stand for £6,500 next year.

The son of Lope De Vega (Ire) already has eight stakes winners worldwide with six of them successful at group level. Isabella Giles (Ire) won the G2 Rockfel S. and G3 Prestige S., while both Bellabel (Ire) and Gold Phoenix (Ire) won graded races at Del Mar in California. The former was also second in the GI Del Mar Oaks and third in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup. Lullaby Moon (GB), Elysium (Ire), and Verona (NZ) are his other group winners.

Terry Holdcroft, owner of Bearstone Stud, said, “We are delighted that Darley has entrusted us with a stallion who

has made such a promising start at stud and was bred to 215 mares in the last two years. We purchased breeding rights in Belardo when he retired and were rewarded with Lullaby Moon. As a son and grandson of two exceptional stallions and with a ratio of group winners to runners that compares favourably with many of the best stallions at stud today, we are confident Belardo will prove extremely popular with British breeders.”

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Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Winner Olympiad Retired To Gainesway

Olympiad, a five-time graded stakes winner and most recently second in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), has been retired to Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky.. The son of Speightstown will stand for an advertised fee of $35,000 LFSN.

One of North America's top older males of 2022, Olympiad has posted eight wins in 13 career starts for earnings of $3,027,560 for trainer Bill Mott and owners Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stables, and LNJ Foxwoods. Olympiad, bred by Emory A. Hamilton, was produced from the Medaglia d'Oro mare Tokyo Time, a fifth generation King Ranch mare whose grandam Chic Shirine and great grandam Too Chic were Grade 1 winners.

Olympiad's year started with a track-record setting performance over 1 1/16 miles in the Mineshaft Stakes (G3) at the Fair Grounds, and his resume expanded later in the year with headline-grabbing scores in the New Orleans Classic Stakes (G2), Stephen Foster Stakes (G2), Alysheba Stakes (G2), and the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1).

In the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), Olympiad rallied down the Keeneland stretch to finish second behind probable Horse of the Year Flightline. In doing so, Olympiad finished ahead of Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, and Grade 1 winners including Taiba, Life Is Good, Hot Rod Charlie, and Happy Saver.

Olympiad has earned triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures on eight occasions with victories from seven furlongs to 1 ¼ miles.

Olympiad is currently available for inspection at Gainesway.

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Flightline on Top of the World

Flightline (Tapit) (139), who closed out his undefeated career in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, maintains his commanding lead in the ninth edition of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2022.

In the Breeders' Cup Classic, Flightline pulled away from the field to win by a record 8 1/4 lengths. Olympiad (Speightstown) (124) was second, while Taiba (Gun Runner) (123) was another half-length back in third.

Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) (122) also impressed during the Breeders' Cup World Championships and joins the rankings following his 2 1/2-length win the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Turf. It was his fifth consecutive victory and third at the highest level.

Meanwhile, both Equinox (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}) (123) and Panthalassa (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) (121) find themselves ranked following their dramatic efforts in the G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn). Equinox ran down the front-running Panthalassa to win by a length in that contest.

Additionally, Bay Bridge (GB) (New Bay {GB}) (122) improved his rating to 122 from 120 after defeating Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) (121) by a half-length in the G1 Qipco Champion S. My Prospero (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) (121) was a nose back in third, while Baaeed (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) (135) was fourth.

The next edition of the rankings will be released in January 2023.

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Group 1-Winning Juvenile Thunder Moon Retired To Haras De Bouquetot, As 2023 Roster Revealed

Group 1-winning juvenile Thunder Moon (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}–Small Sacrifice {Ire}, by Sadler's Wells) has been retired and will stand at Al Shaqab Racing's Haras de Bouquetot in 2023. The 'TDN Rising Star' will stand for €6,000 on their nine-strong roster next season and will be available for viewing at Bouquetot during the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale.

Bred by Aidan and Annemarie O'Brien's Whisperview Trading, the colt was named a 'Rising Star' after his debut win at the Curragh and claimed the G1 National S. in his next outing before running third in the G1 Dewhurst S. Owned by Mrs. C C Regalado-Gonzalez, the Joseph O'Brien trainee was only a head shy of adding the G1 Prix Jean Prat to his resume at three, and he was also third in the G3 Gladness S. this term. He retires with a mark of 13-2-2-2 and $365,398 in earnings.

“Thunder Moon was defined by his natural class and strong turn-of-foot,” said O'Brien. “His performance in the G1 National S. really showcased this and his brilliance as a 2-year-old beating a field packed with Group 1 winners and future group performers. He also came within a whisker of winning the Prix Jean Prat the following year. We are really looking forward to training his progeny in the years to come.”

The son of Small Sacrifice is a half-brother to stakes winner Table Rock (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). His third dam is the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Trusted Partner (Affirmed), dam of GI Matriarch S. heroine Dress To Thrill (Danehill) and her full-sister, the blue hen Polished Gem (Ire) (Danehill), the dam of eight stakes winners.

Haras de Bouquetot's Stud Manager Benoit Jeffroy said, “We're delighted to welcome Thunder Moon at Haras de Bouquetot for 2023. He is a precocious horse of 1m60 (15.3 hh) who has shown plenty of speed winning the National S. like Dubawi (Ire), Danehill Dancer (Ire) and Teofilo (Ire) did before him. We were looking for a Group 1 winner at 2 excelling over seven furlongs, not dissimilar to the profiles of recent French successes Wootton Bassett (GB) and Siyouni (Fr).”

Leading the Haras de Bouquetot roster is Zelzal (Fr), who has sired three stakes winners led by multiple graded winner Dolce Zel (Fr) and GIII Sweet Life S. heroine Ouraika (Fr), and is priced at €15,000. G1 Prix de l'Abbaye hero Wooded (Ire) has his first yearlings in 2023 and is €12,000. As previously announced, Group 1 sire Galileo Gold (GB) has moved to Bouquetot in a joint-venture with his former home, Tally-Ho Stud, and he will stand for €7,000, the same price as G1 Irish 2000 Guineas victor Romanised (Ire), who has his first yearlings. Group 1 winner and stakes-siring Al Wukair (Ire), G3 Molecomb S. scorer and G1 Middle Park S. third Armor (GB) expecting his first foals, and multiple Group 1 winner Ectot (GB) will each command €5,000. Rounding out the roster is Olympic Glory (Ire), the sire of 13 stakes winner, at €4,000.

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