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Qatar Racing Releases 2022 Roster and Fees

Fees for the quartet of stallions at Tweenhills Farm and Stud were released by Qatar Racing on Tuesday. Reverse-shuttle stallion Zoustar (Aus) (Northern Meteor {Aus}) leads the roster at £25,000. A champion first- , second-, and third-season sire in the land of his birth where he commands a fee of A$154,000, the bay's first Northern Hemisphere yearlings were well received in 2021. They averaged £76,305 and 16 yearlings made £100,000 or over in Europe.

G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas hero Kameko (Kitten's Joy), who won the fastest guineas in history in 1:34.72, will stand for £20,000 (SLF) in his second season. Also a winner of the G1 Vertem Futurity S., his opening fee was £25,000 and his first foals are due in 2022. The 2020 G2 Joel S. hero covered 120 mares in 2021, including over 50% stakes performers or producers, and the siblings of 15 Group 1 winners.

Havana Gold (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) has been priced at £12,500 and is the leading sire of 2-year-olds in Great Britain this year. Overall he has now sired 21 stakes performers including Group 1-winning sprinter Havana Grey (GB) and fellow group winner Tabdeed (GB). Rounding out the roster is G1 Sussex S. winner Lightning Spear (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) at £5,000. His first crop of yearlings averaged over four times his initial covering fee of £8,500.

Tweenhills Stud's owner David Redvers said, “We are extremely excited to welcome Zoustar back to Tweenhills for his fourth Northern Hemisphere covering season. His first European yearlings received extremely high reviews and were bought by some of the very best trainers, breeze-up consignors and agents from around the world.

“Kameko covered an outstanding first book of mares last year and it was fantastic to see him supported by some of the very best breeders in Europe. Havana Gold's much anticipated 2019 crop certainly lived up to expectations with 28 individual 2-year-old winners; in fact, currently no sire in Britain has sired more 2-year-old winners than him this year. It was fantastic to see Lightning Spear's first crop of yearlings so well received at the sales and with his improved fertility, his fee of £5,000 offers tremendous value for those wanting to use this exceptionally talented, tough and durable son of the now-retired Pivotal (GB).”

All of the stallions barring Zoustar will be paraded for breeders at Longholes Stud in Newmarket during this year's Tattersalls December Mare Sale from Nov. 28-Dec. 1. All fees are Oct. 1st SLF terms. For the 2022 season, Tweenhills will continue the 'Your Success = Our Success' scheme. Any breeder who produces a stakes winner by a Qatar Racing-owned stallion at Tweenhills will be offered a credit for use with any Qatar Racing-owned stallion in the following year to the value of the nomination.

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2022 INS Thoroughbred Breeding Management Class Revealed

A total of 30 students from seven countries have been selected to participate in the Irish National Stud Thoroughbred Breeding Management Class of 2022, the stud announced on Tuesday. The course is a unique combination of practical training, classroom lectures, cultural immersion, and personal and professional development which equips students with a first-hand and well-rounded understanding of the thoroughbred

industry. The class will begin their residential training at the Co. Kildare stud in January of 2022.

The 2022 INS students are as follows: Hayley Ashcroft (UK), Jessica Bailey (Australia), Mathilde Baurens (France), Jack Blake (Ireland), Eliza Bradbeer (UK), Andrew Buick (Denmark), Anna Cahill (Ireland), Sean Cooper (Ireland), Ciara Corrigan (Ireland), Paul Curran (Ireland), Jessica Daly (UK), Cian Gahan (Ireland), Luke Hammond (USA), Rachel Harvey (UK), Fernando Laffon Lomba (France), Eva Maxwell (Ireland), Freddie Morley (UK), Orlaith Nagle (Ireland), Theresa O'Donoghue (Ireland), Annie O'Rourke (UK), Thomas Quinn (Australia), Ann Reddy (Ireland), Edmond Ryan (Ireland), Alexander Sausville (USA), Megan Sheedy (Ireland), Roisin Whelan (Ireland), Gemma Blumenshine (USA) recipient of the Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarship, Tess O'Connor (Australia) recipient of the TBA scholarship, Jessica Bailey (Australia) recipient of the HTBA Scholarship, George Chittick (New Zealand) recipient of the NZTBA Scholarship.

“Once again, the application process was well over subscribed which is testament to the quality of training that is provided on the programme,” said the INS Education Development Manager Anne Channon. “I look forward to welcoming the 30 students to the Irish National Stud in January.”

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Record Aggregate and Average on Opening Day of Foals For November NH Sale

A record aggregate of €2,749,400 and a record-breaking average of €14,395 (+13%) was set for the opening foal session of the Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale on Monday. A total of 191 lots sold (74%) out of 258 offered, and the median was also up 13% (€10,000).

Two fillies, lot 374 and lot 425, were joint-toppers on the day at 70,000 apiece. Ballyreddin Stud consigned a daughter of No Risk At All (Fr)–Jetfire (GB) (American Post {GB}), who caught the eye of Rathbarry Stud. Lot 374's dam won a French listed race and placed multiple times at that level in hurdle races.

Stroud Coleman Bloodstock was in action for Kilbarry Lodge Stud's offering, a Success Days (Ire) filly produced by Dona Katharina (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}). Her dam is a full-sister to Grade 2-winning hurdlers Outlander (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}) and Ice Cold Soul (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}) and Western Leader (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}).

The four-day foal portion of the November NH Sale continues tomorrow at 10 a.m. local time.

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Loughnane Duo Will Return at Three

GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint runner-up Go Bears Go (Ire) (Kodi Bear {GB}) and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf fifth Hello You (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) have both exited their Del Mar starts well and are pointing to 3-year-old campaigns. Trainer David Loughnane was pleased with his Group 2 winners, with Go Bears Go taking the G2 Railway S. earlier this year and Hello You winning the G2 Rockfel S. at Newmarket. The colt will be aimed for the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot, while Hello You will take part in a Classic trial.

“It was a great experience and both ran great races. I couldn't be happier with them,” said Loughnane. “I thought going into it five might be a bit sharp for him over there. He missed the break by a millisecond which he's never done before.

“Had he jumped, he'd have won. In four more strides he'd have won, but I couldn't be any prouder of the horse. He ran an absolute belter of a race and it capped off a fantastic year for him. Five to six furlongs will be his trip over here next year. I suppose the most logical option would be something along the lines of the Commonwealth Cup.

“We'll see how it goes. He thrived off the whole travelling. There are loads of options, including Dubai at the end of February. He'll go for a nice holiday now and then we'll take it one step at a time. We'll see how he is come January and then we'll make a plan from there.”

Hello You did not travel as well as her stablemate to California, but Loughnane was not deterred by her effort.

“The journey over there probably took a bit more out of her. She jumped, she travelled, she got a lovely run through the race. She travelled like a dream and turning for home, I thought how far does she win, then when Johnny [Velazquez] asked her she just didn't go through with it completely. She pulled up a tired horse. It took a lot out of her. She was only beaten 1 ½ lengths in a Grade I over there when she wasn't at her best.

“I have no doubt on her day she was probably the best horse in the race. She'll go for a holiday as well now and we'll come back and try for a Guineas trial with her.

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