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Cape Winter Mixed Sale Posts Gains

The Cape Winter Mixed Sale, held June 16 at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, South Africa, posted strong increases over the same sale a year ago, Cape Racing Sales announced on Monday.

Overall, 129 lots of 169 offered were listed as sold for a R12.47 million (€628,000) aggregate, which produced an average of R96,667 (€4,879)–up from last year's average of around R80,000 (€4,030)–and a median of R60,000 (€3,023).

The 16-year-old mare Louvre (SAf) (Doowaley {Ire}) brought R900,000 (€45,344) from Jono Snaith/Philaris Ltd. to claim top price for the sale. Drakenstein Stud Ltd., agent, consigned the Group 2 winner, who is the dam of G1 Turffontein Horse Chestnut S. winner Trip of Fortune (SAf) (Trippi). Overall Snaith was the highest buyer, securing four lots for R1.31 million (€66,000).

“This sale showed a resurgence in the buyers bench. I saw a few old faces coming from the woodwork,” Snatih said. “It was encouraging and I believe the interest was revived as a result of Cape Racing's latest incentives. The venue was beautifully renovated, the atmosphere was good and we enjoyed ourselves. This is the way of the future for bloodstock auction sales, and Cape Town remains the ideal city to host them.”

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Givemethebeatboys Sold for 1.1 million at Goffs London Sale

The G3 Marble Hill S. winner Givemethebeatboys (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}) leads the early skirmishes at the Goffs London Sale at Kensington Palace after selling for £1,100,000 to Bronson Racing.

Generally 10/3 third-favourite for tomorrow's G2 Coventry S. at Royal Ascot, the colt is set to be ridden by Frankie Dettori for Jessica Harrington. He was bought by Con Marnane for €11,000 at the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale last November and is unbeaten in two starts to date.

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Racing Staff Week Returns Saturday

Racing Welfare's Racing Staff Week returns for its seventh year this Saturday, June 24, the charity announced on Monday. The industry's annual celebration of people who work in British horseracing brings together the racing business and its followers to recognize the workers inside the industry. Sponsored by Betfair, this year will see five charity races specifically for stable staff, as well as a number of community events and a competitions with prizes of £500 in vouchers awarded to the winners. Races will be held at Ayr, Chepstow, Newbury, Nottingham and Newcastle throughout the week.

“Racing Staff Week is the highlight in our community calendar,” Racing Welfare's Head of Community Engagement Adam Ferguson said. “It provides a brilliant opportunity for everyone in the industry to celebrate the dedication, passion and skill of racing's people, whether that be through supporting our stable staff riders, attending or hosting a community event or entering the thank you competition. We're looking forward to getting started on Saturday and encourage anyone working in racing to get involved if they can.”

Click here for more information on Racing Staff Week.

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Morley Back on Familiar Turf with Cynane

English-born trainer Tom Morley will be represented by his first runner at Royal Ascot on Wednesday when Cynane (Omaha Beach) lines up for the G2 Queen Mary Stakes.

A winner on debut at Belmont Park in May, the filly will be ridden by Javier Castellano. Castellano, who is currently enjoying a fantastic season having won the Kentucky Derby on Mage (Good Magic) and Belmont Stakes on Arcangelo (Arrogate).

Morley, the nephew of Gold Cup-winning trainer David Morley has been training in America for ten years. He previously worked in Newmarket for Jeremy Noseda and Ed Dunlop.

“When we saw this filly at the Keeneland September sales, I really had a feeling that I was looking at a horse that was very similar to the type that my ex-boss, Jeremy Noseda, went to America and purchased with a view to races like the Cheveley Park and the Queen Mary,” said Morley of Cynane, who has been stabled in Newmarket ahead of her Royal Ascot bid.

“It has always been in the back of my mind and a little bit of a plan that maybe she could turn out to be a Royal Ascot filly if she was precocious enough and if she was fast enough to win on debut. Fast forward to five weeks ago at Belmont when she crossed the line and the dream was really in motion then.”

Cynane is owned by three ownership groups, VinLaur Racing Stables, West Paces Racing and Rainbow's End Racing Stable.

Morley added, “She's arrived in fantastic condition. She arrived very hydrated and has eaten fabulously since she got here. She's got a wonderful mental outlook on life; we've always believed that she had the right mind to take a trip like this.”

In 1997, the trainer's uncle saddled Celeric (GB) (Motto {GB}) to win the Gold Cup for his late owner-breeder Christopher Spence, an occasion which would prove pivotal in the life of the young Morley.

He recalled, “My mother and father took me out of school when Celeric won the Ascot Gold Cup and that was the first time I went to Royal Ascot and the last time that I ever considered doing anything else in my life but training racehorses.”

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