Tag: Making Waves

Making Waves: Frankel Colt Prevails In Florida

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Royal Majesty in a maiden race at Gulfstream Park.

Frankel Colt Lords It Over His Rivals At Gulfstream

Benjamin Leon's Besilu Stables' homebred Royal Majesty (GB) (Frankel {GB}) won in his American unveiling at Gulfstream Park on Saturday (video).

The Bill Mott trainee is out of former Besilu runner and GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. winner Crown Queen (Smart Strike). A half-sister to dual Eclipse champion Royal Delta (Empire Maker) and fellow Grade I winner Delta Prince (Street Cry {Ire}), she was purchased by Leon for $1.6 million out of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale in 2011. Her latest foal is a 2-year-old filly by Kingman (GB), and she was covered by Flightline in 2023. Second dam Delta Princess (A.P. Indy) was a three-time graded winner and a half-sister to Group/Grade 1 winners Biondetti (Bernardini) and Indy Five Hundred (A.P. Indy).

Juddmonte's Frankel (GB), who is standing for an all-time high fee of £350,000, now has 27 winners from 52 runners (52%) in the U.S. His 11 North American stakes winners include top-level scorers McKulick (GB) and champion Inspiral (GB).

 

 

Sir Percy Filly Breaks American Duck

Bred by Kirsten Rausing, Khinjani (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}) won her U.S. debut for trainer Mark Glatt at Santa Anita last weekend (video).

The daughter of Kandahari (GB) (Archipenko) won a pair of handicaps for her breeder during her 10-start career in the UK including an Oct. 16 affair at Windsor before changing hands for 160,000gns at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale. She now races for Jackpot Farm, Lordship Stud, Rancho Tememscal, Thoroughbred Partners and Joseph Navarro.

A full-sister to Rausing's stakes-winning and multiple group placed Kawida (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}), Kandahari is followed by a trio of half-sisters–the unraced duo of Vera Cao (GB) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) and Khadidja (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), and a yearling full-sister to the latter. Kandahari's half-brother Zaaki (GB) (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) is extremely successful in Australia with four Group 1 titles to his name.

The pensioned Lanwades Stud stallion Sir Percy has sired 15 winners from 18 runners (83%) in the U.S. His six stakes winners (33%) are anchored by GI Man o' War S. winner Wake Forest (Ger).

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Making Waves: Daughter Of Ten Sovereigns Strikes At Gulfstream

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Kalispera at Gulfstream Park.

 

Ten Sovereigns Filly Delivers In Florida

William Werner's Kalispera (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) won her American debut at Gulfstream Park for trainer Brian Lynch earlier this month (video).

A product of the storied Annemarie O'Brien breeding programme, the 3-year-old rattled off a trio of group placings at two in her colours when third in both the G2 Debutante S.,–and G3 Newtownanner Stud S., and second in the G3 Prix d'Aumale for former trainer Joseph O'Brien in September. Sold privately to these connections, the filly is a half-sister to G2 Ridgewood Pearl S. second Emphatic Answer (Ire) (No Nay Never) and G3 Silver Flash S. third La Dolce Vita (Ire) (Caravaggio). The trio are out of placed runner Ask Me Nicely (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who is a half-sister to G1 Dewhurst winner Beethoven (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}).

Kalispera is one of two winners from five (40%) to race in America for her Coolmore sire whose eldest foals are now 3-year-olds. The winner Irish Gent (Ire) was second in the Listed Atlantic Beach S., while the placed Loterie (Ire) was runner-up in the Listed Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf S.

 

By Any Other Name

Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and MyRacehorse's Forever Rose (Ger) (Cracksman {GB}) won at Tampa for trainer Greg Sacco this month (video).

Making her third start, the Gestut Etzean-bred bay was a €49,000 Baden-Baden yearling turned €420,000 Arqana May 2-year-old when picked up by Stephen Hillen. Her dam Forever Beauty (Ger) (Dashing Blade {GB}), a winner at two and listed placed over a mile in Germany at four, has a juvenile filly named Fabulous (Ger) (Areion {Ger}) and a yearling colt called Fawkes (Ger) (Protectionist {Ger}) still to come. Forever Beauty is a half-sister to a trio of stakes winners led by G1 Deutsches Derby winner Feodora (Ger) (Lord Of England {Ger}).

Darley's Cracksman is now best known as the sire of French wunderkind Ace Impact (Ire), an undefeated Classic-winning victor of the 2023 G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. However, Cracksman is not a one-horse sire, as he has six other stakes winners worldwide including G2 Premio Dormello victress Aloa (GB). In the U.S., Forever Rose is the first winner from two to race for her sire.

 

Long Live The King

Boardshorts Breeding and Racing's King Julien (Kingman {GB}) graduated at Gulfstream Park at second asking on Jan. 7 (video).

Trained by Brian Lynch, the Glen Hill Farm-bred dark bay sold for $300,000 as a Keeneland September yearling when picked up by Taylor Creek. Dam Deer Valley (Speightstown), who won Monmouth's Crank It Up S., is already responsible for stakes winner Wide West (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), and she was covered by Good Magic last spring. Crisp (El Corredor), a half-sister to Deer Valley and a winner of the GI Santa Anita Oaks, is the dam of star Japanese dirt performer Danon Pharoah (Jpn) (American Pharoah).

Juddmonte's Kingman has sired 36 winners from 59 runners (61%) in the US and Canada. His eight stakes winners are anchored by Domestic Spending (GB), a winner of three Grade I races; and Grade II winners Technical Analysis (Ire), who was second in the GI Diana S. and GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, and Serve The King (GB), who was second in the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic S.

 

 

Repeat Winners

Cheyenne Stable's Ozara (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) added a first listed victory to her resume in the Ginger Brew S. at Gulfstream Park at the beginning of the year for trainer Christophe Clement (video). She first featured in this column after a win at Saratoga in August.

Another repeat winner is Zoustar (Aus) filly Lunar Impact (GB), who races for D K Racing, LLC, Qatar Racing, LLC, Radley Equine, Inc., Rick Gold and Dave Odmark. She won her second race at Santa Anita near the start of January for trainer Dan Blacker (video).

 

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Making Waves: Dubawi Filly Sharp In Florida

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Marksman Queen at Gulfstream Park.

 

Dubawi's Marksman Queen Triumphs At Gulfstream

Clayton Park Stud homebred Marksman Queen (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) won on her American debut at Gulfstream on Saturday (video). The Graham Motion trainee had won a pair of novices in the UK between 2022 and 2023 before switching jurisdictions.

Out of GII Lake Place S. and GIII Herecomesthebride S. heroine Sharp Susan (Touch Gold), the 3-year-old filly is a half-sister to three black-type horses led by South African Horse of the Year Oh Susanna (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), who won four times at Grade 1 level there, as well as G3 Star Kingdom S. winner Signore Fox (Aus) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), who was third in the G1 Stradbroke H. and G1 Kingsford-Smith Cup. Her latest half-siblings are a 2-year-old filly named Susan The Gentle (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and a yearling colt by Kingman (GB) already christened King Of Narnia (GB). Sharp Susan is a half-sister to GI Donn H. hero and sire Spring At Last (Silver Deputy) and GI Las Virgenes S. victress Sharp Lisa (Dixieland Band). The latter has a pair of stakes winner to her name led by G1 The Metropolitan H. winner Foundry (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

The 40th winner from 78 runners (51%) for her Darley sire in the U.S., Marksman Queen is one of three runners from her crop to compete in America. Her sire has 21 American stakes winners led by 10 Grade I winners, among them In Italian (GB).

 

 

Repeat Winners

Already a Grade I winner of the Del Mar Oaks, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Anisette (GB) (Awtaad {Ire}) doubled her tally at that level in the American Oaks on Boxing Day at Santa Anita (video) for trainer Leonard Powell.

Madaket Stables' Easter (Fr) (Exosphere {Aus}) was in a festive mood and duly added the GII San Gabriel S. to his resume near the end of the month for trainer Phil D'Amato (video).

Romagna Mia (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), a winner of the GIII Dowager S. at Keeneland in the autumn, won the Via Borghese S. at Gulfstream Park on Dec. 26 (video). The Team Valor runner is trained by Graham Motion.

Just A Care (Ire) (Australia {GB}), who races for Ashbrook Farm, Matthew O'Connor, Upland Flats Racing, and Amy Dunne, won for the second time in her career, taking a Gulfstream Park affair in mid-December (video). From the family of GIII Hollywood Juvenile Championship S. winner Necessary Evil (Harlan's Holiday), the filly won at Gulfstream in February.

 

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Making Waves: Another Juvenile Filly Winner For Calyx In The States

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Imaboutago in Florida.

 

Debut Winner For Calyx In Florida

Wesley Ward sent out Imaboutago (Ire) (Calyx {GB}) to a debut victory at Gulfstream Park for e Five Racing Thoroughbred on Friday (video).

Bred by Ennistown Stud, the juvenile filly is out of Newtown Pippin (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and brought €12,000 as a Goffs November weanling from Rockview Stables, before making 105,000gns as a Tattersalls October Book 3 yearling on the bid of BBA Ireland. She was the joint-fifth highest price during that book at Park Paddocks. The half-sister to the stakes-placed Felix Natalis (Ire) (Harry Angel {Ire}) has a weanling half-brother by Cotai Glory (GB). His granddam, Vista Bella (GB) (Diktat {GB}), won the Listed Masaka S., and ran third in the G1 1000 Guineas.

All four of the Coolmore Stud resident's American runners–all fillies–have won. Calyx's best in that locale are the GIII Jimmy Durante S. heroine Zona Verde (Ire), and the dual listed-placed Angiolleta (Ire), who are both incidentally out of Dark Angel (Ire) mares. His quartet of winning U.S. fillies is completed by Ever So Sweet (Ire).

 

 

Repeat Winner:

Cheyenne Stable's Ozara (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) returned to the winner's circle in the Wait A While S. at Gulfstream Park for trainer Christophe Clement (video) recently.

 

 

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