Whether you like betting on favorites or longshots, the $2 million Grade 1 NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies is the perfect race to play. As counterintuitive as it might seem, it’s a fact backed up by statistics. How can this be? It turns out North America’s championship race for 2-year-old fillies is a haven for both short-priced favorites and massive longshot winners. A quick look through the history of the Juvenile Fillies reveals the details.
Month: October 2023
Daughter of Golden Slipper Heroine Estijaab Set For Yarmouth Debut
Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Tuesday's Observations features Emirates Park's homebred Ejaabiyah making her debut at Yarmouth.
14.23 Yarmouth, Nov, £9,950, 2yo, f, 8f 3yT
Emirates Park's homebred EJAABIYAH (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is a Roger Varian-conditioned daughter of G1 Golden Slipper heroine Estijaab (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}), who encounters nine rivals in this unveiling. Team Gosden has won the last three renewals of this heat and is represented here by Godolphin homebred Juneberry (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}). She is out of G2 Lancashire Oaks victrix and G1 Prix Vermeille second Pomology (Arch) and thus kin to G3 Zetland S. victor and G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud third Goldspur (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}). Completing a trio of well-related debutantes is Charlie Fellowes representative Mohave Dancer (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), who is a 300,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 daughter of G1 Queensland Oaks heroine Winning Ways (Aus) (Declaration Of War). Memento Vivere Racing's once-raced Rouge Sellier (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) posted a debut third over this trip at Haydock at the end of last month and hails from the stable of Sir Mark Prescott. The 260,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 acquisition is a three-parts sister to G1 Cheveley Park S. winner Lumiere (GB) (Shamardal) and GI E. P. Taylor S. victrix Sheikha Reika (Fr) (Shamardal). Another set to make the trip up the A11 from Newmarket is Michael Bell trainee Climate Action (GB) (Cracksman {GB}), who is a half-sister to three black-type performers out of a half-sister to five-time Group 1 winner and multiple Classic heroine User Friendly (GB) (Slip Anchor {GB}). She comes back off a runner-up finish, behind subsequent G1 Fillies' Mile seventh Seaward (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), in a one-mile test at Ascot last month. Climate Action's stakes-placed half-sister Madame Defarge (Ire) (Motivator {GB}) won this contest for the Bell yard in 2012.
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Havana Grey to Stand at £55,000 in 2024
Havana Grey (GB), one of the most in-demand young stallions in Europe, will stand at an increased fee of £55,000 at Whitsbury Manor Stud in 2024. The Group 1-winning son of Havana Gold (Ire) started his career at a fee of £8,000 and was advertised as low as £6,000 in his third and fourth seasons before the success of his first runners last year forced a price hike to £18,500. Havana Grey covered 164 mares this season.
Joe Callan, Whitsbury Manor Stud's head of Bloodstock and Sales, said, “After another phenomenal year, including dual Group 1 winner Vandeek and nine other stakes winners in Europe, it is clear he is an elite stallion. We will continue to strictly limit his book to look after both the horse and our clients, so I hope people can understand if his book fills very quickly.”
The fee for Havana Grey's stud-mate Showcasing (GB) will remain at £45,000 after a year in which he has been represented by the G2 Temple S. winner Dramatised (GB) and Group 1 performers Get Ahead (GB) and Swingalong (GB).
Whitsbury Manor Stud introduces a new stallion for 2024 in the homebred Dragon Symbol (GB). The Group 1-placed son of Cable Bay (GB), who lost the Commonwealth Cup on a stewards' enquiry after he finished first past the post, will start his career at £8,000.
Callan added, “He was rated five pounds higher than his illustrious stud-mate Havana Grey so is ideally qualified for joining the Whitsbury roster.”
Sergei Prokofiev, a son of Scat Daddy who will have his first runners next season, will remain at £6,000. The recently published Weatherbys Return of Mares shows that Sergei Prokofiev covered 155 mares this season, while Showcasing was sent 147.
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OwnerView Accepting New Owner of the Year Nominations
OwnerView is accepting nominations for the 2023 New Owner of the Year Award, Sponsored by 1/ST Racing, which recognizes a Thoroughbred owner new to the game who has been successful and has had a positive impact on the industry.
To qualify for consideration, nominees must have made their first start as a Thoroughbred owner in the last four years (since 2020), had an ownership stake in a horse at the time it won a stakes race in the past 12 months and had a verifiable owner license in 2023. Thoroughbred performance as well as a nominee's promotion of the sport will be considered. Nominations can be made by anyone, including current owners. A selection committee will select the winner.
To submit a nomination, please contact Gary Falter for a nomination form at (859) 224-2803 or gfalter@jockeyclub.com. The deadline to receive nominations is Nov. 10.
The award has been previously presented to Pat Kearney and Richard Dawson (co-winners), Boat Racing, MyRacehorse, Larry Best, Churchill Downs Racing Club, Charles and Susan Chu, LNJ Foxwoods, and Sol Kumin.
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