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ROR ‘Racing to Cricket’ Fundraiser Offers Seasons, Shares In Auction Lots

Eight racing teams will compete in the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) Racing to Cricket day at the Wormsley Cricket Ground to win this year's RoR Racing to Cricket Trophy Sunday, 4 Sept. Now in its third year, the day's cricket action will be enjoyed by over 240 guests attending the fundraising day at the private estate of the Getty family.

A total of eleven lots will go under the hammer with charity auctioneer Martin Pope at 1:30pm during a live auction and raffle event on the fundraising day. In advance of the day bids can be made up to 5:00pm Saturday, 3 Sept. by emailing rorauction@ror.org.uk. Racing fans can bid for a variety of experiences, including membership of the Kingsclere Racing Club for 2023, and a day to experience Newmarket for eight people, highlighted by lunch and an exclusive visit to Banstead Manor Stud to meet the legendary Frankel donated by Juddmonte.

Also going under the hammer is a race sponsorship package at Stratford racecourse, and two nominations for the 2023 season to stallions standing at Overbuy Stud: Ardad (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), a leading first-crop sire in 2021 with the Group 1 winner Perfect Power, and young National Hunt sire Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling), winner of the G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby and G1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic. The nominations are donated by Overbury Stud and Godolphin & Partners, respectively. A full list of the lots can be found here.

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Osarus Returns in Boutique Fashion

With just 150 horses catalogued, the Osarus Yearling Sale, which takes place on Tuesday, is reduced to the size of catalogue last offered at September in La Teste de Buch a decade ago.

Osarus had made some inroads in the French market to the extent that Tattersalls took a majority stake in the business in 2014. But its sales never really took off in the way that they had at one time suggested they might and the pandemic only exacerbated the problem, with the its September fixture not taking place at all in 2020, and yearlings originally bound for Osarus being amalgamated within a larger-than-usual October Sale at Arqana. The auction house's location in south-west France may also have been a factor in the sale's decline in fortunes in recent years, with an increasingly packed sales calendar rendering it less convenient for trainers and agents to attend.

One of the stand-outs among the sale's list of notable graduates is the admirable Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}), who was sold for just €8,000 at Osarus five years ago by Haras de Clairefontaine on behalf of breeder Didier Blot. Now six, his 12 wins include two Group 1s and he has amassed earnings just shy of £1,250,000.

Buyers on the hunt for the next Trueshan could do worse than to head to the eight-strong consignment of Marie-Laure Collet's Haras de Clairefontaine, and one would think that Anthony Bromley and Alan King would be beating a path to her door, as not only did Trueshan emanate from that draft but so too, four years earlier, did Sceau Royal (Fr). The son of Doctor Dino (Fr) was bought for €14,000 by Philippe Sogorb before being sold on as a winning 3-year-old from the stable of Guillaume Macaire. Now 10, he has won another 15 races for King, including the G1 Henry VIII Novices' Chase.

First-crop yearlings by former British-trained Group 1 winners Donjuan Triumphant (Ire) and Robin Of Navan (Fr), both of whom ended up at stud in France at Haras de la Barbottiere, feature in the catalogue. Among the more established sires, Miswaki's son Panis is represented by three yearlings, all from Haras des Faunes, and he can lay claim to having provided another of the Osarus Yearling Sale's star graduates from the other end of the distance spectrum in the Group 1-winning sprinter Sands Of Mali (Fr), who has his own first crop of yearlings at the sales this year.

Alain Chopard's Haras des Faunes, a prolific source of winners, was the leading vendor at last year's sale, with 19 lots sold, including the €50,000 co-top lot by Gutaifan (Ire), who now stands at the stud to the east of Bordeaux. That colt is now named Hattam (Fr) and is in training with Richard Fahey for Middleham Park Racing.

The sale commences at 1pm local time and can be viewed live online.

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Ferguson To Re-Offer $1m Worth Of Fillies At Magic Millions Sale

Everyone has done something they have almost instantly-regretted at one point in their life. Be it ordering a round of tequila shots at the end of night on the tiles or simply saying hello to a random stranger on the street because you mistook them for somebody else; we've all experienced such pangs.

However, Rob Ferguson took things to a new level when splurging on 22 fillies to the tune of $1 million over a three-hour period at the National Yearling Sale under the banner of Louis Bloodstock back in June.

Not one person had heard of Louis Bloodstock, named after Ferguson's dog, at the time but he sure made his mark that afternoon.

He has since revealed that he experienced a “medical episode” during the spending spree and will now offer all 22 unbroken 2-year-old fillies at the Magic Millions Online Sale between 5-9 September.

Ferguson, who suffers from a lung condition, was in the throes of being weaned off some strong steroids by his doctor when he went out and made a name for himself at the National Yearling Sale. Unbeknown to him, one of the side effects of this process are feelings of invulnerability and euphoria.

He explained, “It is like having been at the Magic Millions bar all day and then deciding to buy some horses. It felt like a great idea at the time.”

All horses have been paid for by Ferguson and, while he admits that he expects to “take a haircut” on each filly when he reoffers them for sale next month, he can at least see the funny side to the episode.

Ferguson said, “It was just one of those things that happened. I'll probably end up famous because of it. I have had some feedback from a few good judges who have seen the horses and they tell me that there are some nice fillies in the group. So, I may not have done too bad a job.”

He added, “One of the vendors has already offered to buy their filly back at what we paid for her, as they felt she was sold too cheaply. I didn't accept the offer, as I want the sale to be fair and transparent. We bought 22, so all 22 will be re-offered.”

Since the National Sale, all fillies have registered at Di Hannel's Warrandale Stud at Biddaddaba. A vet will carry out a clinical and a laryngoscopy examination of each horse on arrival at the Magic Millions complex, and the reports of the vet's findings will be posted on the Magic Millions sale pages.

Ferguson has decided to offer each filly with a reserve of 50% of their recent purchase price.

He said, “Obviously it looks like I am going to show a loss, as I'm willing to take a haircut on each horse. But it was never my intention to own these horses. When I purchased these fillies I am sure I made a lot of vendors happy. This time around I will probably be making a lot of buyers happy.”

All of the fillies will be available for inspection at the Gold Coast Sales Complex from 9am to 4pm on Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th and 9am until sale closes on Friday 9th.

For details regarding inspection please contact Ben Culham on 0419 646 860.Entries for the Magic Millions Online (5-9 September) auction will close on Wednesday. For more information contact a member of Magic Millions' Bloodstock team or visit www.magicmillions.online.

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Golden Horn’s Botanik To The Fore In The Grand Prix de Deauville

Godolphin's homebred 4-year-old gelding Botanik (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}–Autumn Lily, by Street Cry {Ire}) took his record to six wins from 11 starts when annexing this month's G3 Prix de Reux going 12 1/2 furlongs at Deauville and doubled his stakes tally with a decisive victory in Sunday's G2 Lucien Barriere Grand Prix de Deauville over the same strip back on the Normandy coast. The 2020 G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud runner-up had been on the fringes during a sophomore campaign, which yielded two wins from three starts last term, and broke alertly to hold an early lead before accepting a tow in second for most of this stamina test. Shaken up to close off the home turn, the 6-5 favourite was ridden to challenge the pacesetting Japanese raider Stay Foolish (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}) entering the final furlong and stayed on strongly under continued urging once hitting the front with 100 metres remaining to deny that rival by 1 1/4 lengths for a career-high triumph. Last term's Listed Prix de l'Avre victor Fenelon (Fr) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) tracked the leading duo throughout and finished best of the remainder, 4 1/2 lengths further adrift in third.

“He was a top 2-year-old and was then off for almost a year, but he has retained all his quality as his record indicates,” said rider Mickael Barzalona. “He was in very good form coming into the race after winning his prep race here earlier in the month. He was slightly keen early on, but the strong pace helped. He then settled nicely and won very well indeed at the end.”

Reflecting on the effort of this term's G2 Dubai Gold Cup victor Stay Foolish, connections' representative Yukihiko Araki added, “We are delighted with his run and not disappointed at all. The horse arrived in Europe only two weeks prior to this race and hadn't done much in between. His target is the [G1 Prix de l'] Arc [de Triomphe] and he will come back stronger and fitter for that.”

Botanik, one of his sire's two Group-race winners, is the second of five foals out of a multiple-winning half-sister to G1 Lockinge S. runner-up and G3 Prix de Cabourg-winning sire Alexandros (GB) (Kingmambo). The March-foaled bay's G1 Premio Roma-winning third dam High Hawk (Ire) (Shirley Heights {GB}) produced a quartet of Group winners by Sadler's Wells (Northern Dancer) headed by multiple Group 1-winning sire In The Wings (GB). High Hawk's half-sister High Tern (Ire) (High Line {GB}) is the dam of G1 Derby winner High-Rise (Ire) (High Estate {GB}) as well as being the second dam of G1 Oaks d'Italia heroine Zomaradah (GB) (Deploy {GB}). Zomaradah, of course, is the dam of Dubawi (Ire) (Dubai Millennium {GB}). Botanik's dam Autumn Lily (Street Cry {Ire}) has a 2-year-old filly by Shamardal and a yearling colt by Golden Horn (GB) to come.

Sunday, Deauville, France
LUCIEN BARRIRE GRAND PRIX DE DEAUVILLE-G3, €200,000, Deauville, 8-28, 3yo/up, 12 1/2fT, 2:26.23, gd.
1–BOTANIK (IRE), 130, g, 4, by Golden Horn (GB)
1st Dam: Autumn Lily, by Street Cry {Ire})
2nd Dam: Arlette (Ire), by King Of Kings (Ire)
3rd Dam: High Hawk (Ire), by Shirley Heights (GB)
O/B-Godolphin (IRE); T-Andre Fabre; J-Mickael Barzalona. €114,000. Lifetime Record: 12-7-2-1, €279,221. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Stay Foolish (Jpn), 132, h, 7, Stay Gold (Jpn)–Kauai Lane (Jpn), by King Kamehameha (Jpn). O-Shadai Race Horse Company Ltd; B-Shadai Farm (JPN); T-Yoshito Yahagi. €44,000.
3–Fenelon (Fr), 130, c, 4, Fastnet Rock (Aus)–Aigue Marine (GB), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€80,000 RNA Ylg '19 ARQAUG). O-Gerard Augustin-Normand, Noir et Or Elevage SA & Ecurie Skymarc Farm; B-Noir et Or Elevage SA & Ecurie Skymarc Farm (FR); T-Nicolas Clement. €21,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 4HF, 1. Odds: 1.20, 2.80, 6.50.
Also Ran: Glycon (Fr), Media Storm (GB). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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