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Racing For A Reason Auction Raises Over £70,000

After 130 lots went through the virtual ring, including stallion nominations, mornings on the gallops, paintings, and memberships to various syndicates, over £70,000 was raised in the Racing For A Reason Online Charity Auction, announced ThoroughBid on Monday.

The sales topper was the donation from Capital Stud consisting of a nomination to NH sire Triple Threat (Fr), which sold to Richie Cleary for £3,750, but nominations to Dawn Approach (Ire) (£3,000); Ocovango (GB) (£2,750); Shaman (Ire) (£2,500); and Inns Of Court (Ire) (£2,250) saw lively bidding as well. A two-year membership to the Byerley Indians Racing Syndicate sold for £1,700 while a yard visit to Willie Mullins proved most popular with a £700 bid.

“I never imagined, when starting up Racing For A Reason, that it would ever grow to this scale. To see the online auction raise over £70,000 was staggering and I can't thank everyone enough for their involvement,” said Simon Besanson, the auction orchestrator. “It's fantastic to be able to donate over £35,000 to both the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association, and very well-deserved.”

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Dark Angel Leads Yeomanstown Roster at €60,000

Veteran stallion Dark Angel (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) will stand for an unchanged fee of €60,000 in 2022, and leads the Yeomanstown Stud roster of five stallions.

Firmly on top of the European 2-Year-Old Sires' table, the grey sired dual Group 1-winning juvenile Angel Bleu (Fr), as well as older filly Althiqa (GB), who won a brace of Grade Is Stateside. His third Group 1 winner this term was GI Maker's Mark Mile S. hero Raging Bull (Fr). Overall, the 16-year-old sired 20 stakes winners in 2021, 12 of them group winners. Other juveniles and sophomores to take group races were Real World (Ire), Indie Angel (Ire), Wings of War (Ire) and Berkshire Shadow (GB).

New to Yeomanstown is G1 Middle Park S. victor Supremacy (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) at €12,500. Also a winner of the G2 Richmond S. last year, he was rated 118 by TimeForm and was the highest-rated 2-year-old in England in 2020.

First-season sire El Kabeir (Scat Daddy) enjoyed a good year with his first runners and he has three black-type winners to his credit among his 16 winners. His Don Chicco (GB) won the G2 Premio Gran Criterium in Rome, while listed winner Masekela (Ire) was second in the G2 Superlative S. and Sa Filonzana (Ire) also won a listed stake. The grey will command €6,000.

G1 French 2000 Guineas and G1 Prix Jacques le Marois runner-up Shaman (Ire) (Shamadal), who covered his first book of mares in 2021, will stand for €5,000. The multiple group winner is joined by Invincible Army (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) at €7,500. Successful three times at group level, the G1 Flying Five S. third has his first foals selling next week at the breeding stock sales.

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First Mares For Shaman In Foal

French MGSW Shaman (Ire) (Shamardal), who was runner-up in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains, has had his first five mares scanned in foal, Yeomanstown Stud announced on Thursday. The SP Wings of the Rock (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), a half-sister to SW & GSP Yulong Baobei (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}), Shanooan (English Channel), out of G1 Italian Oaks heroine Bright Generation (Ire) (Rainbow Quest), and Nefetari (GB) (Kodiac {GB}), from the family of G1 Middle Park S. placegetter Auditorium (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}), are among the mares successfully in foal to the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois second and G1 Prix Ganay third.

“Shaman has been very well received and supported by breeders,” said Yeomanstown's Gay O'Callaghan. “He has shown great enthusiasm for his new role and I'm sure he'll be a great success.”

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MGSW and Classic Placed Shaman to Yeomanstown Stud

MGSW and Classic-placed Shaman (Ire) (Shamardal-Only Green {Ire} by Green Desert) will stand at Yeomanstown Stud in 2021. The Wertheimer et Frere homebred’s fee will be announced at a later date.

“He is a great looking son of the mighty Shamardal from one of the best pedigree’s around, add to that his impressive race record Shaman is a huge addition to us and should prove popular to breeders from both Ireland and abroad,” said Yeomanstown’s David O’Callaghan. “We are delighted to have Wertheimer Et Frère retain a share in Shaman and look forward to their support.”

Trained by Carlos Laffon-Parias, the debut winner was third in the G3 Prix des Chenes as a juvenile, before winning the Listed Prix Omnium II in his first start at three. Successful in the G3 Prix la Force, the chestnut ran second in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains. Later that term he was also second in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois and ended his sophomore year with a third in the G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein. At four the son of French MSW & GSP Only Green added the G2 Prix d’Harcourt to his win column and was also third in the G1 Prix Ganay. His record stands at 16-5-3-3 and $687,788 in earnings.

Shaman is a half-brother to French SW Green Sweet (Smart Strike), as well as the dam of Group 3 placed My Kurkum (GB) (Dariyan {Fr}). His dam is a half-sister to European highweight and MG1SW Occupandiste (Ire) (Kaldoun {Fr}), herself responsible for MGISW Mondialiste (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), GSW & MG1SP Impressionnante (GB) (Danehill) and the latter’s G1 Prix du Jockey Club-winning son and young sire Intello (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}). This is the extended family of Irish highweight and Classic winner Mehthaaf (Nureyev), as well as European highweights and Group 1 winners Ribchester (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) and G1 July Cup hero Elnadim (Danzig). Shaman’s fourth dam is the high class blue hen Fall Aspen (Pretense).

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