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Breeders’ Bonus For Marie’s Diamond Announced

A €25,000 Diamond Breeders' Bonus involving the first juvenile winner and first group winner for first-year sire and Group 3 winner Marie's Diamond (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) was revealed by Diamond Stud Bellewstown on X Tuesday.

For the first juvenile winner by the sire in Ireland or Britain, the breeder of said horse will receive €10,000. The breeder of the stallion's first group winner in Ireland or Britain will receive a bonus of €15,000.

The 8-year-old, who is standing his first season for €6,000, won the G3 Anglesey S. among his three stakes victories, and was third in the 2020 G1 Queen Anne S. His record sports an additional five group placings.

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Marie’s Diamond Retired To Diamond Stud Bellewstown

Marie's Diamond (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}–Sindiyma {Ire}, by Kalanisi {Ire}) has been retired and will stand at Diamond Stud Bellewstown in 2024. The G3 Angelsey S. victor will stand for €6,000. There are also limited breeding rights available.

“I believe he is a very important stallion for the future of the Irish Thoroughbred, boasting an excellent 2-year-old record while showing great progression and soundness throughout a long and successful career,” said Diamond Stud's Ciaran de Barra. “This horse had an incredible constitution, he is free from Danzig, Sadler's Wells, and Acclamation (GB) blood, so he is sure to suit a large proportion of the broodmare population.”

Bred by Tony Ashley, the €35,000 Tattersalls Ireland September yearling won the Angelsey for trainer Mark Johnston and Middleham Park Racing at two. A seven-time winner, the 65,000gns Tattersalls Autumn HIT graduate was also third in the G1 Queen Anne S. and placed in six other group races throughout his 65-race career for various connections while earning $463,141.

Added Johnston, “Marie's Diamond has the perfect blend of precocity and progression and showed a special constitution that is rare in the modern Thoroughbred.”

The 7-year-old is a half-brother to the stakes-winning G1 Metropolitan H. third Sikandarabad (Ire) (Dr Fong). This is the extended family of G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Sinndar (Ire) (Grand Lodge).

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Bahrain Turf Series Returns On Dec. 9

The second edition of the Bahrain Turf series, worth £650,000, will begin on Friday, Dec. 9. A total of 19 European horses have shipped in for the series, which pits international challengers against locally trained horses across 10 races divided between Pot A (sprinters) and Pot B (nine-to 10 furlong horses). After the Turf Series concludes, points are added and the owner of the leading horse in each category will earn a £15,000 bonus, and the trainer will receive a £10,000 bonus. The 10-furlong Al Muharraq Cup and the five-furlong Al Manama Cup will both be run on Friday. Open to horses rated between 85 and 100, the Turf Series has attracted the likes of Group 3 winner Marie's Diamond (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) from the yard of Roger Fell in the former, and the stakes-placed King Of Stars (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) for Mick Appleby is one of several Europeans signed on for the latter. For the full fields and more information, please visit the Bahrain Turf Club website.

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