Bet to win.
Brighton 3.50 Rita Rana – win bet.
Lingfield 7.20 Belo Horizonte – win bet.
Month: August 2023
Rosallion to Test Champagne at Doncaster
Sheikh Mohammed Obaid's Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) will target next month's G2 Betfred Champagne S. at Doncaster in bid to keep his perfect record as well as bolster his growing reputation.
The Richard Hannon charge beat a next-out scorer at Newbury on debut in June before stepping up to the listed level with a victory in the Flexjet Pat Eddery S. at Ascot last out on July 29. His conditioner has also been eyeing a run in the G1 Darley Dewhurst S. in October, but is not confident Rosallion will see his peek before his 3-year-old term next season.
“He's absolutely fine and he's going to go to the Champagne S. at Doncaster and then hopefully on to the Dewhurst, he's in great form,” said Hannon. “Funny enough, it is the same route as Chindit took, although the Dewhurst didn't work for him. He went to a Donny maiden race, to the Ascot race and then to win the Champagne S. It is very similar to his route. [Rosallion] looked a very good horse at Ascot and we always thought he was. He is a very exciting horse and one that is not a 2-year-old and one for next year.”
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Vandeek Runs Down Favorite Ramatuelle To Land ‘Win & You’re In’ Prix Morny, Stays Unbeaten
Vandeek wore down hot favorite Ramatuelle in the final furlong and got up in the final strides to win the Prix Morny (G1) for 2-year-old colts and fillies Sunday at Deauville.
With the win, Vandeek earned an automatic starting berth into the $1-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) in November at Santa Anita through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In.
KHK Racing's Vandeek finished a short neck ahead of Kentucky-bred Justify filly Ramatuelle, victress in the Prix Robert Papin (G2) in her previous start. Together, they left in their wake the much-touted Coventry (G2) victor River Tiber, who tried in vain to match the winner's blistering acceleration but could only stay on for third, two lengths behind Ramatuelle.
Vandeek raced off the early pace under Andrea Atzeni but was in touch near the back of the nine-horse field. Ramatuelle, prominent from the get-go, was shaken up by Aurelien Lemaitre 1 1/2 furlongs out and took charge from pacesetter Jasour. She appeared poised to go on to triumph but ultimately could not withstand the withering rally of Vandeek, who surged in the shadow of the post to narrowly prevail.
Time for the six furlongs on turf rated as very soft was 1:09.84.
Vandeek, a Havana Grey colt who won the Markel Richmond Stakes (G2) at Goodwood Aug. 3, handled his step up to the elite level with aplomb. Trained by Simon and Ed Crisford, he is perfect in three career starts.
Bred in Great Britain by Kelly Thomas' Maywood Stud, Vandeek was the co-sale topper at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale in April when purchased by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock for 625,000 guineas ($881,584).
Vandeek's dam is the Exceed And Excel mare Mosa Mine. His third dam, French-bred Bamieres, is the dam of the champion Balbonnella, also French and the dam of the legendary sprinter and sire Anabaa.
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Vandeek Sparks 20th Anniversary Celebration For Breeder Kelly Thomas
DEAUVILLE, France–There were plenty of flags of different countries flying high on the grandstand at Deauville but in the winner's circle, the red dragon of Wales was planted firmly, if only metaphorically, with the G1 Sumbe Prix Morny victory of Vandeek (GB).
Bred by Kelly Thomas, who is celebrating her 20th anniversary as a breeder at her Maywood Stud in Camarthenshire, the grey colt from the second crop of Havana Grey (GB) was originally sold as a foal for 52,000gns. It was when he returned to the Tattersalls sale ring 17 months later for the Craven Breeze-up Sale that he first came to wider attention when sharing top billing at a price of 625,000gns. The Glending Stables breezer, who was bought by Anthony Stroud for owner KHK Racing, has continued to impress and is now making proper headlines with his unbeaten progression through a Nottingham maiden to the G2 Richmond S. before going one better than his celebrated young sire by winning Deauville's juvenile Group 1 highlight.
“It takes a long time for it to sink in with me. I'm a bit speechless, but I did find myself jumping up and down near the finish line,” said Thomas, who is taking a rare break from farm duties while her husband Huw is at the helm at home and is enjoying a few days in Deauville with her parents Barbara Strong and Andrew Matthews and her daughter Jessica. That enjoyment has of course been greatly enhanced by the first Group 1-winning graduate from her boutique operation.
She continued, “We're just a small stud, we don't have a huge amount of space and we are very careful with what we have got. We have five mares, some of them are a little bit older now so they don't breed every year. I have an education in equine science so I do draw on that quite a lot as well as the experience I've gained over the 20 years of breeding. It's our 20th anniversary and it is absolutely amazing to have achieved this in this year.”
Thomas also bred Vandeek's 16-year-old dam Mosa Mine (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), whom she initially sold as a yearling and later bought back as a four-year-old.
“She has a beautiful Starspangledbanner colt coming to the sales this year as a foal,” she said. “When she had finished her racing days we bought her back for £800. We've actually bought three of our mares back that we've bred.”
Thomas, who is aided by her family, including children Jessica, Holly and Sion, added, “We're really not big enough to employ any staff so it's all hands on deck 365 days a year.”
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