Anthony Stroud Goes To 650,000 Gns For A Lope De Vega Filly At Tattersalls Book 2

Breeder Ballylinch Stud offered a bay filly (lot 1303) by their resident stallion Lope De Vega (Ire) on Wednesday and she was knocked down for 650,000gns to Anthony Stroud. The daughter of Gallitea (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is a full-sister to the winning Oviedo (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), who was third in the G3 Acomb S. in August. Gallitea is a half-sister to the ill-fated G1 Shadwell Fillies Mile and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies heroine Chriselliam (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), and Lope De Vega's triple Group 2 scorer Very Special (Ire), second in the 2016 G1 Falmouth S.

 

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Group 1 Winner Sweet Lady To Sell At Arqana December

Group 1 winner Sweet Lady (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) will be offered during the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale during Dec. 3-6. A winner of the G1 Prix Vermeille, the 4-year-old landed the G2 Prix Corrida, G3 Prix de Flore, and the Listed Prix La Camargo in the Gemini Stud silks for trainer Francis-Henri Graffard earlier in her career.

Graffard said, “It's been a pleasure to train this magnificent filly for the last three years. Very brave and with a great temperament, she achieved all her objectives this year by winning the best races reserved for fillies and mares in France, the Prix Corrida and the Prix Vermeille. We always love going to the races with her and I'm very lucky to train her.”

Added Gemini Stud representative Francis Teboul of the filly, who will go through the ring on Dec. 3, “Don't be fooled by her name Sweet Lady because she is a real warrior and the bravest horse we own.”

Out of the English and American stakes winner High Heel Sneakers (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who also placed in the G2 May Hill S. and G3 Prix Vanteaux, Sweet Lady is a half-sister to the stakes winner Tourjours l'Amour (GB) (Authorized {Ire}). She was bred by Stratford Place Stud and was a €100,000 Arqana August Sale graduate.

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Half-Sister To Dewhurst Hero Chaldean Anchors Tattersalls December Foal Catalogue

A Kingman (GB) half-sister to G1 Dewhurst S. hero Chaldean (GB) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 1025) is one of the highlights of the 1172-strong catalogue for the Tattersalls December Foal Sale which is now online. The sale will be held from Nov. 23-26 and will begin at 10 a.m. each day.

There are a total of 161 full- or half-siblings to group and listed winners, among them 11 Group 1 winners. Besides the Kingman filly offered by Whitsbury Manor Stud, half-brothers to G1 1000 Guineas heroine Cachet (Ire) (Aclaim {Ire}) (lot 1033) and G1 St Leger hero Eldar Eldarov (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 1027), by Mehmas (Ire) and Lope De Vega (Ire), respectively, will also go through the ring for Hyde Park Stud and St Simon Stud. G1 Commonwealth Cup winner Golden Horde (Ire) (Lethal Force {Ire})'s half-brother by Wootton Bassett (GB) (lot 982) hails from the Clara Stud draft, while G1 Nassau S. heroine Lady Bowthorpe (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire})'s Kingman half-brother (lot 1011) will be consigned by Fittocks Stud. Acorn Stud will send an Invincible Army (Ire) half-brother to G1 Cheveley Park S. victress Lezoo (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}) (lot 1013) to the sale.

The sale has catalogued 92 foals out of group and listed-winning mares, among them Too Darn Hot (GB) colts out of G1 Oaks winner Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) (lot 1030) from Ashbrittle Stud and G1 Irish St Leger heroine Voleuse De Coeurs (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 1032) from Hazelwood Bloodstock. The late Kitten's Joy is represented by a Tweenhills Farm & Stud-consigned colt out of St Leger winner Simple Verse (Ire) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}) (lot 1078); and there is also a Saxon Warrior (Jpn) filly (lot 777) out of Group 1 winner Sultanina (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) from Newsells Park Stud. Another lot of note is a Sea The Moon (Ger) colt, consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment, out of French Classic heroine Flotilla (Fr) (Mizzen Mast) (lot 1034). Highlighting the nine foals catalogued by leading sire Frankel is Trinity Park Stud's half-sister to Group 1 winner Accidental Agent (GB) (Delagator {GB}) (lot 1051); and another filly (lot 1041) out of GI Beverley D. S. runner-up Awesometank (GB) (Intense Focus) from Heatherwold Stud.

There are at least 153 foals by the current top 15 active British and Irish sires and 209 lots by the current top 20, including Acclamation (GB), Camelot (GB), Churchill (Ire), Dandy Man (Ire), Dark Angel (Ire), Dubawi, Frankel, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire), Invincible Spirit (Ire), Kingman, Kodiac (GB), Lope De Vega, Mehmas, Nathaniel (Ire), Night Of Thunder (Ire), No Nay Never, Oasis Dream (GB), Sea the Stars (Ire), Showcasing (GB) and Starspangledbanner (Aus).

First-crop sires feature prominently with a total of 24 represented including Classic and Group/Grade 1 winners Circus Maximus (Ire), Earthlight (Ire), Ghaiyyath (Ire), the aforementioned Golden Horde, Hello Youmzain (Fr), Honor A.P. Kameko, King Of Change (GB), Mohaather (GB), Persian King (Ire), Pinatubo (Ire), River Boyne (Ire), Sands of Mali (Fr), Sottsass (Fr) and Without Parole (GB).

Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said, “The Tattersalls December Foal Sale has enjoyed a banner year, with Group 1 winning 2-year-old colts Chaldean and Blackbeard (Ire) (No Nay Never) burnishing its reputation as the showcase for the cream of the British and Irish foal crop. As well as consistent racecourse success, the Tattersalls December Foal Sale has been the source of spectacular pinhooking triumphs and we have some truly outstanding foals catalogued this year, with the quality and diversity to appeal to buyers from throughout the world at all levels of the market.”

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Lope De Vega’s Silver Knott Battles To Autumn Success

Godolphin's Silver Knott (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}–God Given {GB}, by Nathaniel {Ire}), whose yearling half-brother sold for 1,500,000gns at Tattersalls' Book 1 sale during the week, bounced back off a below-par effort–behind subsequent G1 Dewhurst S. hero Chaldean (GB) (Frankel {GB})–in last month's G2 Champagne S. to deliver a game victory in Saturday's G3 Emirates Autumn S. at Newmarket and completed a hat-trick for connections following in the wins of Coroebus (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and One Ruler (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the two most recent editions of the seven-furlong test. August's G3 Solario S. victor, burdened with a three-pound penalty for that win, was steadied to race under a firm hold in a handy fifth after a smart exit from the gates. Inching into fourth at halfway, the 4-1 third favourite was angled into the clear passing the quarter-mile marker and kept on strongly up the hill once launching his challenge inside the furlong pole to deny the rallying 'TDN Rising Star' Epictetus (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) by a neck. Nick White and Elaine Burke's dual Group-placed Listed Chesham S. victor Holloway Boy (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}) finished 1 3/4 lengths further adrift in third.

“It was a disappointing run last time, but we had a genuine excuse and felt the step up in trip was always going to suit him as was being back on a sound surface,” explained Charlie Appleby. “He got caught up in the mud at Doncaster, but went there off the back of a nice performance at Sandown where he quickened up and I think we saw that again today. A key factor today was the distance as he has a stout pedigree, being out of God Given. He doesn't do anything flash and I know we were getting excited after Sandown, but that sort of race broke down in front of him as they went hard and came back in front of him up the hill. He got the penalty for a reason, but he was up against a competitive field. He is a horse that you will see at 10 furlongs in the middle of next summer, but we will likely put him in one of the trials in the spring.”

Champion jockey-elect William Buick added, “The ground went against him at Doncaster, but on a nice surface he travels well and he has seen out a mile very well today. He's a big horse and that gives you confidence for next year. This lad is a 3-year-old type and anything he does as a 2-year-old is a bonus. He has plenty of scope to improve.”

Silver Knott, a half-brother to the aforementioned yearling colt by Dubawi (Ire), is the first of two foals produced by multiple Group winner God Given (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), whose career high came in the G1 Premio Lydia Tesio. The March-foaled bay's second dam Ever Rigg (GB) (Dubai Destination), who also threw multiple Group 1-winning sire Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), is a daughter of G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Bianca Nera (GB) (Salse). The latter is also the granddam of GIII Beverly Hills H.-winning GI Yellow Ribbon Invitational second Turning Top (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) and G3 Winter Derby victor Robin Hoods Bay (GB) (Motivator {GB}). Silver Knott's Group-winning fourth dam Birch Creek (GB) (Carwhite {Ire}) is responsible for G1 Moyglare Stud S. second Hotelgenie Dot Com (GB) (Selkirk), herself the dam of G1 Fillies' Mile and G1 Falmouth S. winner Simply Perfect (GB) (Danehill).

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain
EMIRATES AUTUMN S.-G3, £60,000, Newmarket, 10-8, 2yo, 8fT, 1:36.00, gd.
1–SILVER KNOTT (GB), 132, c, 2, by Lope De Vega (Ire)
1st Dam: God Given (GB) (G1SW-Ity, MGSW-Eng & GSW-Fr, $492,122), by Nathaniel (Ire)
2nd Dam: Ever Rigg (GB), by Dubai Destination
3rd Dam: Bianca Nera (GB), by Salse
(725,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Godolphin; B-St Albans Bloodstock LLP (GB); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £34,026. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-1, $102,676. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Epictetus (Ire), 129, c, 2, Kingman (GB)–Thistle Bird (GB), by Selkirk. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O/B-George Strawbridge (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden. £12,900.
3–Holloway Boy (GB), 129, c, 2, Ulysses (Ire)–Sultry (GB), by Pivotal (GB). (60,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA; 60,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Nick White & Mrs Elaine Burke; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Karl Burke. £6,456.
Margins: NK, 1 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 4.00, 2.25, 2.00.
Also Ran: Dancing Magic (Ire), Killybegs Warrior (Ire), Exoplanet (Fr).

 

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