Roadster, Colonel Liam Sire First Foals

Grade I winners Roadster (Quality Road–Ghost Dancing, by Silver Ghost) and Colonel Liam (Liam's Map–Amazement, by Bernardini), both standing at Ocala Stud, were represented by their first foals earlier this month.

Yooou Den (Kiss the Kid) produced Roadster's first foal, a filly, Jan. 8. Dominique Damico bred the filly, whose dam was a 12-time winner and an earner of $185,340.

Colonel Liam, a two-time winner of the GI Pegasus Turf Invitational S., was represented by his first foal when a filly out of the winning Jess's Dream mare More Glory was born Jan. 12. The filly was bred by Peter Mirabelli.

Roadster, winner of the 2019 GI Santa Anita Derby and second in that year's GI Malibu S., bred 153 mares in his first season at stud in 2023. He stands for $7,500 S&N.

In addition to his 2021 and 2022 wins in the Pegasus Turf, Colonel Liam also won the 2021 GI Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic. He bred 138 mares in his first season at stud in 2023 and he stands for $6,500 S&N.

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Adam Houghton Appointed Associate Editor of TDN Europe

Adam Houghton has joined the TDN's burgeoning team in Europe in the role of associate editor.

Based in Yorkshire, Houghton has spent the last eight years working for Timeform and Sporting Life. He was shortlisted for the HWPA Racing Writer of the Year award in 2022.

The TDN's senior vice president Gary King said, “We are delighted to welcome Adam to the TDN's European team. The wealth of experience and knowledge he gained working for Timeform/ Sporting Life will only enhance our editorial coverage. Adam's appointment is also a testament to our focus on TDN Europe, and to build on the significant increase in readership we have had there in recent years.”

Houghton joins the TDN Europe team of Emma Berry, Alayna Cullen Birkett and Sean Cronin in the UK, Brian Sheerin in Ireland, Tom Frary in France, and Heather Anderson and Gary King in America. The line-up was further bolstered last year by the appointment of multiple award-winning sports journalist and author Paul Hayward as a regular columnist. The team is also supported by the top-class editorial and advertising departments of TDN America.

Houghton said, “I am delighted to have joined TDN and hope I can prove a worthy addition to a team I've long admired from afar. Their collective voice provides what I consider to be the definitive view on all things bloodstock, from the sales grounds to the stallion yards, plus everything in between.

“I've spent the last eight years working for Timeform – and latterly with Sporting Life as well – and the part of the job I've always enjoyed the most is getting out and meeting people in the industry, telling their stories and those of the horses who have put them on the map.

“In my opinion this is where TDN's coverage on a global scale is unparalleled and that is just one of the reasons why the opportunity to join the team was so exciting to me. I can't wait to get started and hope to become a familiar face at the sales, studs and yards in the coming months and years.”

European editor Emma Berry added, “Since the launch of our dedicated European publication in 2015, we have endeavoured to broaden our reach across Britain, Ireland, France, Germany and beyond, and it has been hugely encouraging to see the readership figures soar.

“We are all looking forward to working with Adam. To have a journalist of his quality on the team will be of huge benefit as we continue to deliver unrivalled bloodstock coverage 363 days of the year.”

 

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First Foal for Aloha West

Aloha West (Hard Spun–Island Bound, by Speightstown) was represented by his first foal when Bashful (Orb) produced a colt  by the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Monday at Machmer Hall Farm.

“The baby has great bone, size, and substance,” said Machmer Hall owner Craig Brogden. “Very happy with the beautiful baby.”

In addition to the 2021 Breeders' Cup Sprint, Aloha West also finished second in that year's GII Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix S. and third in the 2022 GI Churchill Downs S.

Aloha West stands at Mill Ridge Farm for $8,500 LF.

“As a side note, this foal was born on my grandmother, Alice Chandler's birthday,” said Mill Ridge's Price Bell. “Also, Oscar Performance's first foal was born on her birthday, January 15, 2020…serendipitous!”

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First Foal for Stradivarius Arrives at the National Stud

The first foal of multiple champion stayer and seven-time Group 1 winner Stradivarius (Ire) was born at the National Stud on Monday.

The chestnut filly was bred by Wretham Stud and is a daughter of the former Sir Michael Stoute trainee Give Me Breath (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}).

“She is a lovely first foal for Stradivarius and looks to have his strength and athleticism at this early stage which bodes well for future arrivals,” said Joe Bradley, head of bloodstock for the National Stud. “We have two more mares due in the next week so it is a very exciting time for everyone on the farm.”

He added, “Stradivarius's book for 2024 is looking very strong and breeders are really taken with him. His physique, temperament and of course his walk which I'm sure will be replicated in his progeny.”

Stradivarius's owner-breeder Bjorn Nielsen said, “I'm astonished at how much this first foal is like 'The Strad' in both her colouring and movement, being chestnut with a big white blaze.”

The Stradivarius breeders' bonuses originally offered in 2023 will continue for breeders of members of his second crop. The breeders of the first 10 2-year-old winners will receive a £25,000 bonus, Group 2 and 3 winners in Britain, Ireland and France will earn a bonus of £100,000, while there is £250,000 for the breeder of a Group 1 winner.

 

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