Mostahdaf (Ire), the joint top-rated horse in Europe in 2023, has had his first five mares tested in foal, Shadwell announced on Friday.
Trained by John and Thady Gosden, Mostahdaf retired with an impressive strike-rate having won 10 of his 17 career starts, including back-to-back Group 1 victories last year when he struck in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot and Juddmonte International at York. He is standing his first season at Beech House Stud in Newmarket in 2024 at a fee of £15,000.
Stephen Collins, Shadwell's European bloodstock manager, said, “We are delighted with how Mostahdaf has commenced his first book.
“He has been well-received by breeders as a horse with immense ability, good looks as well as an exceptional pedigree packed with natural speed. Mostahdaf is being supported by many leading breeders and will cover a high-quality first book.”
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Laura Gibson-Brabazon of Newmarket Racecourses has launched a fundraising campaign to aid her friend Lucy Horan to seek urgent cancer treatment in Germany.
Horan, 28, was diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer earlier this year. The money raised will be used to help her receive groundbreaking vaccine treatment which is unavailable in the UK.
A Newmarket resident since 2017, Horan is employed by bloodstock insurers Weatherbys Hamilton and has also ridden out regularly for trainers in the town, including Lucy Wadham, James Ferguson and more recently Charlie Fellowes.
In 2022, she finished second in the Ride of Their Lives charity race at York, having successfully raised over £5,000 for the Macmillan cancer charity.
“Fast-forward 18 months and now Lucy is the one needing the support,” said Gibson-Brabazon, who set up a Go Fund Me page on Friday.
“On Thursday, Lucy will begin an intense course of chemotherapy, but to get this vaccine treatment, which will give her the greatest chance to beat this disease, she has to travel to Germany on Tuesday prior to her beginning her chemo.
“We all know how incredible this industry can be when people need help and support, so we are asking for you to donate as much as you can to help Lucy get the help she needs to pay for this life changing treatment.”
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MGSW/GISP Tizamagician (Tiznow) was represented by his first foal, a filly, born Feb. 26 at Milky Way Farm in California. Out of the winning mare Esfera (Orb), the foal was bred by Starlene and David Justice's Vendetta Racing Stables. Tizamagician, winner of the GII Cougar S. and the GII Tokyo City Cup S. in California and runner up to Tripoli (Kitten's Joy) in the GI TVG Pacific Classic, retired to stud last year at Milky Way Farm with earnings of over $740,000.
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