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ITM Irish Stallion Trail to Be Virtual in 2021

The 2021 Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Irish Stallion Trail will be held virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, ITM announced on Wednesday. Instead, the event has been branded the ITM Irish Stallion Showcase, a digital and media event highlighting the success and appeal of Irish stallion farms. There will be videos from a range of Irish stallion farms, social media content, and an ad campaign which will be released from mid-December 2020, with a concentrated period of content going out from Jan. 11-16.

“The ITM Irish Stallion Trail has become an annual fixture for breeders and racing fans alike,” said ITM Marketing Executive Alex Cairns. “Unfortunately the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic means Irish stallion farms will not be able to open their doors for the Trail in January 2021. The content produced for the ITM Irish Stallion Showcase will allow us to communicate the success of Irish stallion farms through alternative means. We look forward to celebrating the outstanding work of Ireland’s world-leading stallion farms.”

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Half-Brother to G1SW Seismos Debuts at Deauville

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. Wednesday’s Insights features a half-brother to Group 1 winner Seismos (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}).

2.25 Deauville, Mdn, €22,000, unraced 2yo, c/g, 9 1/2f (AWT)
Ecki Sauren’s SUDDEN DEATH (FR) (Muhaarar {GB}), a €30,000 Arqana October yearling purchase, is the latest of 13 foals out of a half-sister to MG1SW Deutsches Derby-winning sires Samum (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and Schiaparelli (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) heroine Salve Regina (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}). The Henk Grewe trainee, a half-brother to G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern winner Seismos (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}) and MG1SP Preis der Diana runner-up Soberania (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), has drawn stall three and faces 15 fellow firsters in this synthetic bow. His rivals include Alain and Gerard Wertheimer’s Yorksea (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), who is a Freddy Head-trained son of G1 Prix Saint-Alary victress Queen’s Jewel (GB) (Pivotal {GB}); His Highness The Aga Khan’s Vizeli (Fr) (Iffraaj {GB}), who is out of a stakes-winning half to MG1SW globetrotter Vazirabad (Fr) (Manduro {Ger}), from the Jean-Claude Rouget stable; and Haras du Mezeray and Ecurie Skymarc Farm’s homebred Fenelon (Fr) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who is out of a MGSW half-sister to five black-type performers headed by G1 Prix d’Ispahan-winning sire Mekhtaal (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), representing Nicolas Clement.

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Breeding Right in Mehmas (Ire) Tops Arqana Online

During the Nov. 24 sale of breeding rights and stallion shares on Arqana Online, a breeding right in champion first-season sire elect Mehmas (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) (lot 2) brought €195,000 from Haras du Mont-dit-Mont. Already the sire of 48 winners, 10 black-type performers and four black-type winners led by G1 Middle Park S. hero Supremacy (Ire), the young stallion will command €25,000 at Tally-Ho Stud in 2021.

A breeding right to four-time Group 1 winner Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) (lot 3), whose oldest foals are three, went for €42,000 to Select Bloodstock. Also marked as sold were a breeding right in Due Diligence (War Front) (lot 5) to Haras Mont-dit-Mont for €6,000 and Blandford Bloodstock snapped up a breeding right to Group 1 winner Havana Grey (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}) (lot 4) for €19,000.

The only lot that was unsold was a 1/50th share in champion Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) (lot 1)which RNA’d for €240,000.

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King’s Stand Target for Golden Pal

Breeders’ Cup hero Golden Pal (Uncle Mo) is targetting the G1 King’s Stand S. as his long term goal. Second on debut, the Ranlo Investments colourbearer filled that position again in the G2 Norfolk S. at this year’s Royal Meeting before returning Stateside to take the Skidmore S. at Saratoga in September. Brought back to Keeneland for the Breeders’ Cup, he turned in a solid effort to win the G2 BC Juvenile Turf Sprint on Nov. 6.

Another likely Royal Ascot contender is Stonestreet Stables’ G1SW Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). Successful at first asking at Gulfstream Park in Florida, she saluted in the G2 Queen Mary S. at Royal Ascot in June before winning the G1 Darley Prix Morny by two lengths. Her last race was a fourth in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland on Nov. 6 racing beyond six furlongs for the first time. She will point to the G1 Commonwealth Cup, also at Royal Ascot.

“We’re really excited about bringing Golden Pal back to Royal Ascot,” said Ward. “It was a great day at Keeneland and we’re really looking forward to 2021. We’re working from the King’s Stand backwards. I think we’ll go for the Commonwealth Cup with Campanelle and let the colt run against the older horses in the five-furlong race.”

On the G2 Queen Mary S. heroine he added, “I think it was maybe the end of the long season for her. We got her back home early after Deauville and prepared for the race, but there was a lot of training involved.

“I don’t want to take anything away from the winner, because she ran great. We’re already looking forward to Royal Ascot next year with Campanelle, too.”

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